TNI Bureau:  Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday recommended the Central Government for compulsory retirement of suspended IFS officer Abhay Kant Pathak.

In a letter to the Centre Naveen said, “It is for the first time that an All India Services Officer has been recommended by the Odisha Government for compulsory retirement on grounds of corruption”.

The CM pointed out that the Odisha Vigilance department had arrested Abhay and his son Akash Pathak on evidence of amassing disproportionate assets worth over Rs 20 crore as recovered till now. Both the father and the son are lodged in judicial custody.

Akash Pathak has been also arrested by Crime Branch in case of forgery, cheating and duping unemployed youth by taking huge cash from them on job pretext, posing as managing director of Tata Motors.

Reportedly, Pathak spent about Rs 3 crore on 20 chartered flights alone, mostly during lockdown.