Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government on Wednesday suspended IPS officer Alankrita Singh on charges of negligence and indiscipline towards work. Singh, who had gone to London without taking official leave while serving as the superintendent of police at the Women and Child Safety Organisation, has not been attending her office since October 20, 2021, said an official order issued here.
According to the order issued by UP's Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Awanish Awasthi, Alankrita Singh, a 2008-batch IPS officer, informed the ADG of her department on a WhatsApp call on the night of October 19, 2021, that she is currently in London. Since then she has been continuously absent, it said.