A court in Uttar Pradesh’s capital Lucknow has rejected the bail application of suspended IPS officer Manilal Patidar, accused in a case of abetment to suicide. This order was passed by the court of Special Judge of Prevention of Corruption Act in Lucknow on Monday. Advocate Manish Kumar Tripathi appeared in the court on behalf of the complainant Nitish Pandey and opposed the bail application. The government pleader also opposed the petition. Patidar was the Superintendent of Police of Mahoba district in September 2020, when stone quarry owner Indrakant Tripathi allegedly committed suicide.
Indrakant Tripathi died in the hospital on 14 September 2020
According to the information received, Nitish Pandey, who was the director of PP Pandey Infrastructure, in his police complaint accused Patidar of demanding bribe from Tripathi to carry out his business activity of supplying pebbles for the construction work of Bundelkhand Expressway. In a video that surfaced online on September 7, 2020, Tripathi claimed that Patidars were forcing him to pay Rs 5 lakh every month to run his business. Two days later, he allegedly shot himself and died on 14 September in a hospital in Kanpur.
Patidar was suspended and FIR was registered on 9 September 2020
Let us tell you that Patidar was suspended on 9 September 2020 and an FIR was also lodged against him, after which he absconded. The state vigilance department has registered a case against Patidar under the Prevention of Corruption Act. After absconding for two years, Patidar surrendered in the court of Additional District and Sessions Judge on October 15, 2022. In May 2022, the state government wrote a letter to the Union Home Ministry, recommending the dismissal of Patidars from the Indian Police Service.