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<div class="itg-mosimage"><amp-img src="https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.dev?url=https%3A%2F%2Fakm-img-a-in.tosshub.com%2Fsites%2Fmedia2%2Findiatoday%2Fimages%2Fstories%2F1998February%2Fnewsnote-8_090312113426.jpg" alt="" height="425" width="650" class="" layout="responsive"></amp-img>C.D. Kainth: Ending his own misery<b>Lucknow:</b><p>When Additional Director-General of Police C.D. Kainth shot himself with his service revolver at his Raj Bhavan Colony residence on January 18, it appeared to be a case of a senior officer falling victim to his unfortunate ways.</p><p>A 1966 batch IPS officer, Kainth was placed under suspension in November last year when he submitted a false report after inquiring into the murder and rape of a Dalit woman in Muzaffarnagar. </p><p>He was also facing serious charges of corruption, including involvement in the multi-crore float-pump scandal of the fire department. Kainth, who was heading the fire wing of the state police earlier, is believed to have been under pressure from former chief minister Mayawati to sign the float-pump deal with a company owned by a Bahujan Samaj Party functionary.<br><br>He is said to have been threatened with suspension in connection with another corruption case involving a police inspector in Bareilly district if he did not sign the deal. Mayawati, who at that time was on a suspension and transfer spree, had just suspended Ghaziabad Senior Superintendent of Police Arun Kumar, reportedly because he did not comply with her orders to remove four Yadav police inspectors from their posts. </p><p>With Kalyan Singh taking over as chief minister, a CBI inquiry was ordered into the fire-pump scandal and Kainth was removed from the fire wing. Even in the Dalit woman's murder case, Kainth is said to have played into the hands of some politicians and misled the Government with an incorrect report. </p><p>Giving in to political pressure, among other things, obviously cost the controversial Dalit officer dear.</p><div class="itemcenter"><amp-iframe height="62" title="" width="320" sandbox="allow-forms allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-top-navigation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation" allowfullscreen src="https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.dev?url=https%3A%2F%2Fakm-img-a-in.tosshub.com%2Fsites%2Findiatoday%2Fbanner%2Fpreferred-source-new.html%3Fv%3D1.014%5Cu0026native%3D1" class="mrBt15 preferred-source-banner"> </amp-iframe></div><div id="tab-link-wrapper-plugin"><div class="authors__container"><div class="authors__by"><div class="authlable">Published By: </div><div class="authdetaisl">AtMigration </div></div><div class="published__on"><div class="authlable">Published On: </div><div class="authdetaisl">Feb 2, 1998</div></div></div><div class="sendros">--- ENDS ---</div></div></div>

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When Additional Director-General of Police C.D. Kainth shot himself with his service revolver at his Raj Bhavan Colony residence on January 18, it appeared to be a case of a senior officer falling victim to his unfortunate ways.

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