Overview

• P. D. Jagtap, Assistant Commissioner of Fisheries in Nashik, was suspended for traveling abroad while on medical leave during a departmental leave ban.
• The leave ban was implemented to ensure staff availability during heightened India-Pakistan tensions earlier in May.
• Jagtap applied for leave citing low blood sugar-related health issues but was later discovered to have traveled overseas during this period.
• Minister Nitesh Rane has ordered an internal inquiry, warning that Jagtap could face dismissal if found guilty of misconduct.
• Jagtap, previously investigated by the Anti-Corruption Bureau, is now restricted to his Nagpur headquarters without written permission to leave.