Mahoba (UP), Dec 22 (IANS): A lookout notice has been issued against absconding IPS officer, Manilal Patidar for his alleged involvement in corruption and abetment of suicide of a Mahoba-based trader.

Patidar was posted as superintendent of police in Mahoba when the incident took place.

Patidar is also carrying a cash reward of Rs 50,000 on his arrest, and the lookout notice has been issued to prevent him from leaving the country.

Superintendent of Police, Mahoba, Arun Kumar Srivastava, said: "A lookout notice has been issued against Patidar to prevent him from leaving the country."

A local businessman, Indramani Tripathi, 44, was found injured in his car with gunshot wounds on September 8 this year after he accused the then Mahoba SP, Manilal Patidar, of corruption. He had died at a hospital on September 13.

On September 9, Patidar was suspended with immediate effect by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on corruption charges.

The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the incident had found Patidar guilty of corruption and abetment of suicide.

Earlier, Tripathi's brother had alleged that Patidar had demanded a bribe of Rs 6 lakh from the victim and threatened to kill him and frame him in a case if the amount was not paid.

The SIT, however, had concluded that Tripathi committed suicide.