Absconding IPS GP Singh taken into custody by Chhattisgarh police

After his appeal to put a stay on investigation and arrest warrants against him before the High Court and later the Supreme court were rejected by the courts, he was hiding in Gurgaon, police sources said.

A team of officials were camping out in Delhi who managed to track him down on Tuesday.

According to a statement by the state EOW, Singh had been absent whenever called for investigation and was not cooperating with the agency. “Eow team has taken Singh into custody for further investigation. He is being brought to Raipur and will be presented before the court on Wednesday,” the statement read.

The ACB had carried out searches at 15 locations linked to Singh from July 1 to 3, in which several irregularities and disproportionate assets were found. During the raid at Singh’s official residence in Raipur, some torn pieces of paper were recovered from the backyard. When these pieces were re-arranged, “serious and sensitive” information was found to be written and typed on it, the FIR read.

Singh is alleged to have carried out several benami transactions and acquired disproportionate assets across 15 locations in Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh.