SHILLONG, June 20: The state government on Tuesday submitted before the High Court of Meghalaya that disciplinary proceedings pertaining to the perceived illegal procurement of vehicles by some officials of the Police Department are continuing in right earnest and the matter is at the enquiry stage.
The petitioners in the case have claimed that several vehicles were purchased by the Police Department since 2019 without any valid sanction from the competent authority and that a total number of 29 official vehicles were in the personal custody of suspended police officer Gabriel K. Iangrai, who was the then Assistant Inspector-General (Administration) of the Meghalaya Police.
The court gave four weeks to the government to submit a report on the progress in the disciplinary proceedings.
The matter will be heard again on July 26.
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 Iangrai, in the procurement of vehicles and use of fuel by the Meghalaya Police Headquarters.
