Mumbai: A police naik was on Wednesday forced to retire from service after an inquiry found that he had violated service rules.

The cop, Jitendra Shinde (47), who had once been assigned the job of providing security to Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan, had been suspended 10 months ago after news had gone viral that he earned Rs 1.50 crore a year through a security company he was running. This company has been registered in his wife’s name, and he had not informed the competent authority in the force about it.

TOI tried repeatedly to contact Shinde but was unable to get a response from him.

The action was initiated after the department found at least four violations against service rules in the past eight years. Before the order was issued, Shinde had submitted in writing to the inquiry officer that he was not willing to work in the police force as his security business was running smoothly. Shinde served the Mumbai police for almost 27 years.

Shinde had been transferred to DB Marg police station in 2021 after reports emerged that he was earning Rs 1.50 crore a year apart from the salary he drew from the Mumbai police. The police officer probing the case found “gross violation” and suspended Shinde in February this year.

During the probe, the probe officer found that Shinde had violated four service rules. The first was that he had undertaken at least six overseas tours about which he had not taken permission from the competent authority. The second was he got a security company registered in his wife’s name but did not declared it to the authority. Thirdly, his banking details showed funds credited to his account instead of the company’s. The fourth was he purchased three flats in eight years and sold these, but had not declared the same.