Maharashtra government on Friday sent a senior IPS officer on compulsory leave for allowing DHFL promoters Kapil and Dheeraj Wadhawan to travel despite the ongoing lockdown, Home Minister Anil Deshmukh said.
The bureaucrat had issued a letter exempting the Wadhawans from the lockdown norms citing a family emergency.
"As per discussion with Hon. CM, Mr Amitabh Gupta, Principal Secretary (special), has been sent on compulsory leave with immediate effect, till the pending of enquiry, which will be initiated against him," Deshmukh tweeted.
The Wadhawans were detained in Maharashtra's Satara district on Thursday for violating prohibitory orders amid lockdown, police said.