Suspended Haryana Cadre IAS Officer Sanjaya Kumar Arrested

01 May, Chandigarh

Suspended Haryana cadre IAS officer Sanjiv Kumar has been arrested by the Delhi Police’s Crime Branch for allegedly conspiring to murder a Delhi-based businessman.

Sources in the Delhi police said, Sanjiv Kumar was arrested along with alleged gangsters Shoukat Pasha and two shooters Taufiq and Manna.

Kumar, a 1985 batch officer, along with former Haryana Chief Minister, Om Prakash Chautala, his MLA son, Ajay Chautala and 53 others was earlier convicted by a Delhi court for illegally recruiting 3,206 junior teachers and was out on parole.