Ahmedabad: Gujarat IPS officer, Sanjiv Bhatt, who has been suspended since 2011, has been terminated by the Gujarat government on Wednesday.
The government’s verdict came two days after he was served with a notice on the basis of a controversial video. In the 11-minute video clip, a person probed to be Bhatt was seen with an unknown woman.
According to reports the services of Sanjiv Bhatt were sacked after investigations in an old case related to his posting in Junagadh.
Sanjiv Bhatt had not reported for duty after he was transferred to Junagadh. The IPS officer had then claimed that his presence was needed in Ahmedabad due to ongoing court cases.
State government exclaimed that forensic tests confirms that Bhatt was in an illicit relationship with a woman other than his wife.
The notice also said such conduct was unbecoming of an Indian Police Service officer and was in breach of service rules.
Finally removed from service today after serving 27 years in the Indian Police Service. Once again eligible for employment. 🙂 Any takers?
— Sanjiv Bhatt IPS (@sanjivbhatt) August 19, 2015
However, Bhatt, who had denied that he was the man in the video clip, is ready to undergo a “detailed biometric examination” to prove it.
The IPS office has been under suspension since 2011 after he took on the state government and then Chief Minister Narendra Modi over the 2002 riots in the state.
But his claims were rejected by the Special Investigation Team appointed by the Supreme Court to probe nine riots related cases.