Madhya Pradesh government has transferred state transport commissioner V Madhu Kumar. He has now been appointed as additional director general to the police headquarters, Bhopal.
The order came late Saturday night after a video clip purportedly showing the 1991 batch IPS officer taking envelopes from police personnel went viral on social media.
"The state government withdraws the service of V Madhu Kumar as transport commissioner, and he is shifted as additional director general to the police headquarters, Bhopal, forthwith till further order," said the state Home departments order.
Transfer Order issued by the MP Govt. |
After Kumar was transferred, State Transport Minister Govind Singh Rajput late Saturday night told a local media outlet that a probe will be conducted into the video episode.
The video that has surfaced is of the time when Kumar was the inspector general of police, Ujjain range. He is seen taking the envelope but what is in it is not visible, the minister said.
"It is going to be probed to get a clear picture," he added.
The video clip shows an IPS officer sitting in a circuit house and taking envelopes from some police officers.
In the video, the IPS officer is seen sitting as heads of each police station come to him with envelopes one after another.
The officer is also seen noting down something on each envelope and keeping each of them in a briefcase.
(With inputs from PTI)
