New Delhi: A Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) rank officer with the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has been compulsorily retired from service under 56(j) on 6 January, just days after he flagged off an alleged corruption in Railtel, a PSU under the Railway ministry.
Namo Prakash Mishra was handed over the retirement order on 6 January along with a “severance” package of three months. The timing of the termination from service of Mishra has raised questions, as Mishra had in September last year, filed a written complaint with the CBI informing the agency of an alleged financial malpractice indulged in by top officers of RailTel, a public sector undertaking (PSU) under the Indian Railways. The malpractices, as per the complaint, was being done so that “favoured” vendors could get high value government contracts. Apart from the CBI, Mishra had shared the complaint with the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), Chief Vigilance Commission (CVC) and with the Railway Ministry. The Sunday Guardian had written on the alleged instances of financial irregularities that Mishra had apprised the CBI and the PMO about in its 25 December edition. (Rail ministry probing ‘irregularities’ in RailTel contracts). Mishra was handed over the retirement order 11 days later. The Sunday’s Guardian email to CBI spokesperson on the matter, including seeking the reasons for compulsorily retiring Mishra and whether he faced any disciplinary or vigilance inquiry, elicited no response till the time...

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