Deoria shelter home case: Over a week after govt order, Sadar CO yet to be transferred

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The government had also ordered the transfer of then Deoria SP Rohan P Kanay and then DIG, Basti Range, Rakesh Shankar, both of whom have since been attached with the DGP headquarters. However, Superintendent of Police (SP), Deoria, N Kolanchi is yet to relieve CO Singh of his duties.

DGP Om Prakash Singh said he is to check the status of the matter.

SP Kolanchi, said, “Dayaram Singh has been transferred to 26 Battalion PAC, Gorakhpur. He will be relieved (of his duties) tomorrow.”

“Since the issue of the shelter home was a sensitive one, it was decided that Dayaram Singh would not be relieved till his replacement joins. It was conveyed today by the DGP office that his replacement would be sent soon. I have not received any letter to initiate a departmental inquiry against him so far,” he added.

On Thursday, Deoria police had booked five officials of the district’s Child Welfare Committee (CWC) including its former chairman for criminal conspiracy and other charges in connection with the case. The Deoria CWC, which had been operational since 2015, was dissolved on August 7 after the shelter home case came to light. The owner of the shelter home, Girija Tripathi, her husband and daughter, were arrested after police rescued 23 inmates.