Probe launched against MP Jail Department Deputy Secretary

Lokayukta police has launched a probe against the Madhya Pradesh Jail Department Deputy Secretary after a lady prison superintendent alleged that he misused his position and forced her to pay his hotel bills.
In her complaint, the then Indore Jail Superintendent Shaifali Tiwari stated that Deputy Secretary Dashrath Kumar had stayed in a hotel in the South Tukoganj area on August 8 and 9, a Lokayukta police press statement said today.
Though jail officials had booked the hotel for Kumar's official stay, Shaifali alleged that Kumar left the hotel without paying the bills.
Later, Deputy Secretary Kumar asked Shaifali, through a jail warden, to clear his hotel dues, her complaint said.

After repeated pressure brought over her by Kumar, the former Indore Jail Superintendent alleged that she had to use her own ATM debit card to clear Kumar's hotel dues of Rs 3,762, it said.
An investigation has been launched against Kumar for allegedly misusing his official position, though no criminal case has been registered against him so far, the release said.
Incidentally, Shaifali was transferred from Indore to Satna district as Jail Superintendent last month.