Satish Chandra Verma, a 1986 Batch IPC officer has been dismissed from service by the Ministry of Home Affairs, effected through an order of the Delhi High Court.

The Delhi high court was told about the government's decision to sack Verma on August 30 during a hearing into his plea against the departmental proceedings, and DHC has allowed the order to dismiss the senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officer to come into effect from September 19 to enable him to file an appeal. Verma was due to retire on September 30 and is posted in the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF).

In his petition before the Supreme Court, the officer said: “The impugned order (of Delhi high court) has allowed the Union of India to pass an order that may result in the petitioner’s dismissal from service with retrospective effect (even though he superannuates on September 30, 2022), which is not permissible as per statutory rules governing the members of the All India Services."

The ministry of home affairs (MHA) had issued a charge memo to Verma in September 2018 alleging that although he was relieved from the post of Chief Vigilance Officer of NEEPCO (North Eastern Electric Power Corporation) in July 2016, he failed to hand over the files and kept them in personal custody for a long time. Other charges against him include talking to the media.

In the Ishrat Jahan case, Verma filed an affidavit in the Gujarat high court in 2011 that the 19-year-old Ishrat was killed in a fake encounter in June 2004 along with three men believed to be linked to the Lashkar-e-Taiba.

Verma continued to be associated with the probe team on the directions of the Gujarat high court when this case was transferred to CBI.