Abhishek Prakash (IAS:2006:UP), currently serving as Secretary, UPIDC Department and CEO, Invest UP, has been suspended by the Uttar Pradesh government over corruption allegations.
Prakash is accused of demanding a commission from an entrepreneur establishing a solar industry in exchange for facilitating the project. The entrepreneur reported the matter to the police, leading to its transfer to the Special Task Force (STF) for investigation. Following the STF’s report, the government took the decision to suspend the officer.
Reports suggest that Prakash had engaged a middleman to solicit the bribe. The police have since arrested the middleman, who confessed to acting on Prakash’s instructions.
This is not the first controversy involving Prakash. He has previously faced corruption allegations in the Lucknow Defense Expo land scam and for issuing compensation using fake documents.
