The government has terminated the services of two women IPS officers Jyoti S Belurwho and Maria Lou Fernandes were facing inquiry for “unauthorised leave” for a long period.
Maria Lou Fernandes, a 1991-batch officer of Maharashtra cadre, and Jyoti S Belur, a 1993-batch officer of Uttarakhand cadre, were removed from the services by terming their unauthorised absence as “deemed resigned”.Fernandes (50) has been absent from duty since 2005 when she had served as DCP, Zone-VII, in Mumbai Police.Belur (48), who originally belonged to Uttar Pradesh cadre, has been absent since 2001 after she was shifted to Uttarakhand when the hill state was carved out in 2000.
