SHILLONG, Oct 28: The Crime Investigation Department (CID) of the State Police on Friday registered a case against tainted police official Gabriel K Iangrai under the Prevention of Corruption Act and also constituted a Special Investigating Team (SIT) to oversee the case.
“Case No 1 (10) 2022 under sections 13(1) (a) (b) of the Prevention of Corruption Act read with Sections 120 (B)/409/420/468/471/477 IPC was registered on Friday against AIG GK Iangrai at the CID Police Station,” a source told The Shillong Times.
It was also informed that a Special Investigating Team (SIT) has been formed to look into the case which is headed by DIG (Eastern Range) Davies NR Marak.
It may be reminded that an internal inquiry had found Iangrai involved in acquisition of 29 vehicles that were unregistered and which were deployed for his personal use.
Earlier a five-member inquiry team led by Inspector-General (Law and Order) Mukesh Kumar Singh had exposed a “vehicle scam” and blatant overstepping of jurisdiction and authority by the then Assistant Inspector-General of Police (Administration), GK Iangrai, in the procurement of vehicles and use of fuel by the Meghalaya Police Headquarters (PHQ).
Despite the exposé, Iangrai was promoted and appointed as Commandant of the elite Special Forces-10.
The Meghalaya Lokayukta has summoned former DGP R Chandranathan and Iangrai for hearing on November 15 in connection with a complaint asking the panel to probe the misuse of vehicles in the PHQ.
Earlier, the MK Singh-led inquiry committee had said that the conduct of AIG (A) GK Iangrai in the entire matter reflects gross negligence of duties and his conduct in the entire matter is unbecoming of an officer.
The probe team also recommended some suggestions which include constitution of a departmental inquiry against all erring officials to fix the responsibilities for all the lapses that has occurred.
The report says that a high-level fact-finding inquiry should be formed to go into the details of the entire scam, since the present inquiry report may not reflect the entire magnitude of the scam.
A comprehensive SOP should be prepared for procurement of vehicles, handing over, taking over records maintained at more than one place for cross verification of records, the inquiry team had said.
