Vijay Mohan

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, June 15

The Indo-Tibetan Border Police Force (ITBP) is cracking the whip on unauthorised retention of manpower for personal use by senior serving and retired officers as well as civilian officers.In a signal sent to all formations of the force this week, the ITBP’s Directorate General in New Delhi has sought by June 20 a list of unit personnel detailed with retired ITBP officers, including those who have remained on deputation with the ITBP, at their residences or other places, sources said.According to a senior officer, the orders have been issued based on a recent directive from the Ministry of Home Affairs that had taken cognisance of reports that members of Central Armed Police Forces were being attached with offices and residences of serving or even retired officers in violation of government policy and stipulated regulations.In addition to particulars of personnel detailed for duty other than bonafide government work, details have also been sought of ITBP personnel attached with civilian officers and also of those personnel retained by serving officers who have been posted out of the ITBP after completing their period of deputation.The issue of unauthorised or additional manpower being used by senior officers of the CAPFs as well as the Armed Forces to tend to their personal work or domestic chores has been repeatedly raised at various forums and the matter has also echoed in Parliament.Recent reports of 32 personnel being deployed at the residence of a senior IPS officer in Hyderabad and a top officer deploying Border Security Force personnel at the venue of his daughter’s wedding near Chandigarh point towards this misuse. A few years ago, an Inspector General in Punjab was suspended for allegedly deploying more than 30 personnel for personal errands without any sanction by the state police chief.Directing the formations to furnish the details, duly certified by the unit commander, by June 20, the ITBP headquarters has also warned that in case of any discrepancy found in the information, the unit concerned or formation would be held responsible.

Seeks list of personnel detailed with officers

• The ITBP’s Directorate General in New Delhi has sought by June 20 a list of unit personnel detailed with retired ITBP officers, including those who have remained on deputation with the ITBP, at their residences or other places