Patna, Dec 06: Defending removal of Bihar Director General of Police D P Ojha, RJD president Laloo Prasad Yadav today said the action was purely on official grounds as he violated the service code by openly attacking politicians. "It is not the job of a DGP to make public speeches,” Yadav told reporters here.
The RJD chief said the state government had also decided to initiate departmental proceedings against Ojha, following a letter from CBI some time ago, on the charge of suppressing investigation into the fodder scam as Additional Director General (vigilance).
Stating that the DGP had political ambitions and was hobnobbing with the BJP, Yadav dismissed Ojha's charge as utter falsehood that he was removed because he had submitted a report to the state government against Mohammed Shahabuddin.
Had it been so, the state government would have removed Ojha as DGP when he ordered re-opening of old cases against the MP. "Our government promoted him and he has stabbed us in the back," Yadav said adding even the state police was up in arms against Ojha for his remark at a function of the Bihar Chamber of Commerce where he had described 80 per cent of policemen as corrupt.
The RJD president said if Shahabuddin, incarcerated in Siwan jail, was found guilty "nobody would be able to save him. The law will take its course”.

Apart from making public speeches criticising politicians Ojha did little to improve the functioning of the state police, Yadav alleged.
Even when police officials were killed by criminals or Naxalites, the DGP never once cared to pay a visit to their families, he said.
When pointed out that the officer had announced to resign from service, he said, now he will be a free man and can work for changing the system. He has for long had political ambitions and was hobnobbing with the BJP, the RJD chief said.
Yadav claimed Bihar Police association and Bihar policemen's association had approached him and the Chief Minister Rabri Devi complaining about irregularities in procurement of uniforms and motor launches during Ojha's tenure as DGP. The government is looking into the matter and if the allegations are found to be true a CBI probe into the purchases will be ordered, he said.
The RJD leader said both he and Rabri Devi had tried to convince Ojha to refrain from making public statements against the government and politicians but he never cared to pay heed. He even on several occasions committed insubordination by not giving information that was sought by the Chief Minister, he charged.
Bureau Report