An IPS officer has been dismissed from service by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs over an alleged extramarital relationship, officials said. Pankaj Kumar Chaudhary, currently serving as the Commandant of Police Training School, Jhalawar was found guilty of grave misconduct, an official order said.
The action against the 2009-batch IPS officer of Rajasthan cadre was taken for establishing relations with another woman with whom he had a child.
The order said the official violated Rule 3 (1) of the All India Services (Conduct) Rules, 1968.
The rule provides that every member of the service shall at all times maintain absolute integrity and devotion to duty and shall do nothing which is unbecoming of a member of the service.
Probe initiated
An inquiry was initiated against the officer in April 2016 on the basis of a complaint from his wife.
The then government forwarded the case to the Ministry of Home Affairs with a recommendation to impose a suitable major penalty on him.
The Ministry sought comments from the Union Public Services Commission which advised his dismissal from the service.