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[url="http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article2601839.ece"]IPS officer blunt on U.P. corruption, branded ‘mentally unstable'[/url] : The Hindu, November 6, 2011

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A Uttar Pradesh IPS officer who dared to speak out against corruption in his Fire Services department and said some unpleasant things about the government to mediapersons has virtually been declared “mentally unstable” on the basis of a report prepared by psychiatrists. DIG Devendra Dutt Mishra, ...

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On Friday, as was the normal practice, Mr. Mishra came to his office at around 11 a.m. and when a file on fire incidents was sent to him, the noting he made created a flutter in the department. The DIG wrote, “Everything in the Uttar Pradesh government was illegal and corrupt. This is the biggest scam.” He also jotted down remarks on corruption in purchase of fire tenders and other equipment.



Undeterred by a warning from Harishchandra Singh, ADG, Fire Services, the DIG later called some journalists and made public what he wrote on the files. He also alleged that Harminder Raj Singh was murdered. Soon, the building was blocked by police personnel and access barred; the DIG was not allowed to move out.

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Finally around 10 p.m., the DIG was physically removed from his office by policemen, taken down the lift, pushed into his official car and forcibly admitted to the hospital.

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