SHILLONG: Assistant Inspector-General (AIG) of Meghalaya police – Gabriel K Iangrai has been arrested.
Meghalaya AIG Gabriel K Iangrai was arrested by the police from his residence on Wednesday.
Iangrai has been arrested in connection with the alleged Meghalaya police vehicles scam.
A high-level internal inquiry reportedly exposed a ‘scam’ within the Meghalaya police department in relation to procurement of vehicles.
Discrepancies were also reportedly noticed while issuing fuel coupons.
The ‘scam’ was reportedly exposed following an internal inquiry headed by Meghalaya additional inspector general of police (IGP) – Mukesh Kumar Singh.
The inquiry team reportedly investigated the alleged irregularities and mismanagement in the procurement of vehicles and use of fuel coupons.
In its report by the inquiry team, has reportedly stated that there have been unofficial procurement, non-registration of 29 vehicles, discrepancies in documents, questionable allotment and purchase of cheaper models against the sanction of expensive variants by the assistant inspector general (AIG) of Meghalaya police – Gabriel K Iangrai, a Meghalaya Police Service (MPS) officer.
The report also reportedly revealed that the delivery of most of the vehicles procured by Meghalaya police headquarters under various heads were personally managed by the AIGP through various people attached to him.
Moreover, the vehicles were in the…