The 1991-batch Tripura cadre Odisha IPS officer Joydeep Nayak, who was on the run ever since the anti-corruption wing of Odisha police booked him on June 21, was arrested from Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday. “Nayak was produced in the local CJM court and would be brought to Odisha on transit remand”, said a release issued by the State vigilance directorate here.
The vigilance sleuths had registered an FIR against Nayak for his alleged key role in misappropriation of Rs 88 lakh meant for computer education of SC and ST students while on deputation he was working in Odisha as IGP in Human Rights Protection Cell (HRPC). The senior IPS officer was also charged with furnishing false and fabricated documents, money bills, utilization and course completion certificates and flouting official orders, for which the State government sustained a huge loss. Five others, including an OPS officer and a senior steno are also booked in this case and they are already cooling their heels behind the bars after their arrests last month.
Mr. Nayak however, escaped immediate arrest as by that time he had already returned back to his parent cadre after completion of deputation. But Odisha police tracked him to a New Delhi government hospital, from where he again escaped giving a slip to the vigilance sleuths on June 23. Subsequently, the Tripura government placed him under suspension and Orissa High Court also refused to grant him anticipatory bail.
