New Delhi, Aug 9 (PTI) The central government has ordered premature retirement of senior IPS officer Basant Rath, according to a home ministry notification.

The notification, dated August 7, said the President requires Rath, a 2000-batch IPS officer of Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram and Union Territory (AGMUT) cadre, to "retire in public interest with immediate effect... ".

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Rath was earlier suspended by the central government for "repeated instances of gross misconduct and misbehaviour".

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