The Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Shimla Gaurav Singh has formed a three member special investigative team (SIT) to investigate allegations of misappropriation of funds against Deputy Inspector General of Police Sanjeev Kumar Gandhi.
The SIT will be supervised by ASP Shimla Mehar Panwar and will have SHO Shimla Sadar Police Station, Vivek Gautam, SHO of Police Station West Shimla, Ankush Thakur and SI Ambi Lal of Special Cell, Shimla.
Shimla Police has registered two FIRs against Sanjeev Kumar Gandhi for the alleged misappropriation of funds during his tenure as SSP Shimla.
While one FIR has been registered on the complaint of a Police constable for alleged misappropriation of Rs 2.35 lakh; the second FIR was registered on Friday in which then SSP has been accused of alleged misappropriation of Rs 14.7 lakhs meant of maintenance of police buildings but the SSP spent the amount on his official residence at Shimla.
However DIG Sanjeev Gandhi has strongly denied the allegations saying he is being targeted as he had tried to clean the department by stopping certain wrong practices in the past and had himself asked for an audit of the funds.
