Suspended senior Andhra IPS officer PV Sunil Kumar (IPS:1993:AP) is headed for a big trouble as the state government is going to initiate disciplinary action against him. The IPS officer faces allegations of making several unauthorised foreign visits during the previous Jagan Mohan Reddy government.
Kumar has been handed out a list of charges for which he has been granted an opportunity to submit a written statement or to appear in person before Chief Secretary K Vijayanand for hearing within 30 days.
Kumar is charged with making several foreign trips while working as the Additional DG (CID) from October 24, 2019 to January 23, 2023 and later as DG, Andhra Pradesh Disaster Response and Fire Services, from March 10, 2023 to June 20, 2024. During these periods, he allegedly made several questionable foreign visits.
According to CS Vijayanand, Kumar allegedly deviated from the actual itinerary for which permission had been granted. Besides, he also made foreign visits without permission. The Chief Secretary has cited examples according to which, Kumar was granted permission to visit Georgia on casual leave from March 1 to 4, 2024, but he allegedly deviated from the approved itinerary and travelled to the UAE. This amounts to the violation of several rules under the All India Service (Conduct) Rule, 1968, the CS said.
Similarly, alleged violations were made during Kumar’s visits to Sweden, USA, UK and UAE.
Kumar allegedly did not even get the permission for some of those visits. Hence, Kumar is allegedly exhibited gross misconduct.
It should be mentioned here that Kumar is not alone to face disciplinary proceedings. The NDA government under Chandrababu Naidu even ordered the arrest of another senior IPS officer, PSR Anjaneyulu, who headed the intelligence wing under the same YSRCP regime.
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