Overview

• The constable has repaid approximately Rs 1–1.5 lakh and consented to salary deductions to cover the remainder of his 12-year pay.
• ACP Ankita Khaterkar’s investigation, initiated in late 2023, has examined missing attendance reports and unverified service documents.
• Disciplinary measures are pending against the constable and officials who accepted his unverified service file, said DCP Shraddha Tiwari.
• Auditors uncovered the anomaly during a 2023 routine pay-scale review that found no record of training or duty for the 2011–12 batch recruit.
• The episode highlights broader payroll lapses in the state’s Integrated Financial Management Information System, which recently flagged tens of thousands of inactive staff still on the payroll.