‘Absentee’ Lady IPS : Odisha Police Issues Public Notice

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Police issued a public notice for delinquent IPS officer NB Bharathi who has been absent from duty for a long time. Reportedly, she has been asked to reply within 15 days.

Woman IPS officer NB Bharathi, who has not reported to duty since 2017, has been issued a notice by the office of the additional director general of Odisha Crime Records Bureau to appear before it in connection with the inquiry into her absence.

Bharathi was posted as inspector general with the Human Rights Protection Cell of the state police. After she did not report to work since November 23, 2017, the Home department initiated disciplinary proceedings against her. Later, the Home department asked the additional DG of the Odisha Crime Records Bureau to inquire into the matter.

The public notice also stated that the ADG office had issued several letters to the IPS officer in her different addresses through registered post, speed post and email. But there was no response from her to any of the letters.

Bharathi had reportedly gone to Gajapati for an annual inspection without getting her official tour programme approved by the competent authority on November 22, 2017 and has not come to duty since then.