Bhubaneswar, July 11: The BJP-led Odisha government has removed 2004 batch IPS officer Ashish Kumar Singh, who had come under the Election Commission of India (ECI) scanner during the polls, from the post of IG (CM security).
Singh has been transferred and posted as OSD, Home department with immediate effect, read a notification from the Home department.
Earlier, the ECI had asked the chief secretary to initiate action against Ashish Singh for ‘unjustifiably availing medical leave’.
On May 27, the poll panel had asked Singh to present himself for detailed medical examination by a special medical board constituted by director of AIIMS, Bhubaneswar not later than May 30. Singh was on medical leave since May 4.
After the report of AIIMS special medical board declared Singh physically and mentally fit, the commision prima facie found it to be a case of misrepresentation of facts on the part of the officer.
