Later in July, soon after Gupta’s appointment notification, a rift surfaced in the JMM-led ruling alliance over the DGP’s appointment.Then state Congress president Rajesh Thakur had said the alliance partners were not taken in confidence while making “such a major decision”.Earlier this month, the EC had asked the state government to submit a panel of names of senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officers by October 21 morning to enable it to pick an officer to be named the next DGP.During the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, Gupta was relieved of his duties as ADG (Special Branch), Jharkhand, following allegations of biased conduct made by the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM).He was reassigned to the resident commissioner’s office in Delhi and barred from returning to Jharkhand until the election process was completed, the sources said.During the Rajya Sabha elections in Jharkhand in 2016, Gupta, then an additional DGP, faced serious charges of misuse of authority.The commission had formed an inquiry committee following which a charge sheet was issued to him for departmental enquiry.
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