BHOPAL: Mayank Jain, the suspended 1995 batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer in Madhya Pradesh has been given compulsory retirement by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA).
The MHA order dated August 13, 2018, was received by the state government in Bhopal on Thursday. The order signed by PK Srivastava additional secretary in the MHA mentioned that the decision has been taken following a Madhya Pradesh government proposal to the Centre in March 2018.
The order read, “The Central Government, after careful consideration of the proposal of the state government and the performance of Mayank Jain IPS (MP 1995) has come to the conclusion that the officer is not fit to be retained in service in public interest. The Central Government has, therefore, decided to retire Mayank Jain prematurely from service, in public interest, under sub-Rule 3 of Rule 16 of the AIS (DCRB) Rules, 1958 with immediate effect.”
Jain was suspended by the state government in June 2014, a fortnight after Lokayukta Special Police Establishment raids across the state led to the seizure of documents revealing assets which were allegedly disproportionate to his known sources of income. Jain was posted as IG (Community Policing) in Bhopal at the time of the raids by the state’s anti-corruption establishment.
However, the officer argued that he was condemned without being given a proper hearing, as the Lokayukta had overlooked the basic principles of natural justice while carrying out the raids.
He subsequently challenged the Lokayukta action before a competent court and the matter is under trial in which Jain submitted that the assets were accounted for.
State government sources, however, claimed that Jain has been given compulsory retirement based on a Lokayukta report summing up the findings of the 2014 raids.
The Lokayukta sources claimed that the alleged assets are 250 per cent more than his known sources of income.