SHILLONG:
Former Assistant Inspector General (AIG) of Meghalaya Police, GK Iangrai, was, as per sources, granted bail by the district court in Shillong on February 7.
Iangrai was arrested on November 2 last year in connection with the alleged misappropriation of government funds earmarked for construction of National Emergency Response System (NERS) Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) facility at Sadar Police Station Complex in Shillong.
The embezzlement of public funds worth over Rs 35 lakhs by Iangrai was unearthed during an inquiry conducted by a four-member team led by Deputy Inspector-General (Eastern Range) Davis Nestell R Marak to probe into the construction of the NERS-PSAP facility.
He took into his possession some of the funds and submitted a falsified utilisation certificate of the project to the government.
State Criminal Investigation Department registered a case against the Meghalaya Police Service (MPS) officer under Prevention of Corruption Act besides various sections of the Indian Penal Code.
Iangrai first came into the spotlight when a high-level internal inquiry reportedly exposed a ‘scam’ within the Meghalaya Police department in the procurement of vehicles.