Alapan Bandyopadhyay, West Bengal's former chief secretary and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's adviser, has received another central government letter warning him of "major penalty proceedings" for not attending a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi last month on Cyclone Yaas.
The centre, which interpreted his absence as "misconduct or misbehaviour", said the retired Indian Administrative Officer has 30 days to submit a written statement in his defence.
"Shri Alapan Bandyopadhyay, IAS (Retd) is informed that an inquiry will be held only in respect of the Article of Charge as is not admitted. He should, therefore, specifically admit or deny the Article of Charge," the letter by the Department of Personnel and Training reads.
