Amitabh Gupta reinstated, will also head panel for migrants

37 days, senior IPS officer Amitabh Gupta was reinstated to his original position as principal secretary (special) of the state home department and is also appointed as head of a committee formed to assist police stations in Mumbai to compile a list of migrant workers willing to go back to their respective states. The committee is also expected to provide staff from various government departments to the police stations for compiling the list on the government website.

Gupta was sent on compulsory leave on April 10 after it was found that he facilitated the travel of Diwan Housing Finance Limited (DHFL) promoters Kapil and Dheeraj Wadhawan by issuing a letter last month. Gupta had admitted that he should not have issued it, but insisted that it was done on humanitarian grounds, stated the probe report constituted by the state government following the controversy.

“Gupta resumed charge as principal secretary on Saturday. He, however, was also warned of not repeating any such action in the future,” said a senior official.

“The committee will provide required additional manpower to assist the local police station in Mumbai city in compiling, collating uploading and processing the data in the National Migrant Information System (NMIS) portal of Government of India. All the heads of the department shall assist and provide manpower as requisitioned by the said committee as emergency services till May 31,” states the order issued by chief secretary Ajoy Mehta.