Graft case: IPS officer sent to judicial custody

Senior IPS officer Joydeep Nayak was today remanded in judicial custody in a corruption case by a vigilance court at the expiry of his three-day police remand.
Although the vigilance department sought another two days remand of the Tripura-cadre officer, Special Vigilance Court judge R C Hota here sent him to Choudwar circle jail.
The remand plea has been posted for hearing on Monday.
Meanwhile, the 1991-batch IG rank officer, who was arrested last week for his alleged role in a corruption case, has approached the Orissa High Court for regular bail.
The HC had earlier this month refused to grant him anticipatory bail and judge Hota had turned down his bail plea.

The officer during an inter-cadre deputation in Odisha had allegedly embezzled Rs 88 lakh meant for computer education of SC and ST students when he was officiating as IG of Human Rights Protection Cell (HRPC) earlier this year.

Although, five others, including a senior Odisha Police Service officer were arrested in this connection, Nayak had gone into hiding.
During this time, he had reportedly undergone ligament surgery in a New Delhi hospital and subsequently the Tripura government placed him under suspension for unauthorised absence.
He was arrested by a special team of Odisha Police on July 23 while in hiding in a godown at Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh.