Officer of Netflix fame faces corruption dent

FIR states that Amit Lodha acquired movable and immovable properties over and above his legal source of income.

- ABHINANDAN MISHRA

The First Information Report (FIR) filed by Special Vigilance Unit against Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of the 1998 batch from Bihar cadre, Amit Lodha, has alleged that he was not “an established story writer”, neither was he authorized nor permitted to write a book and to use the same for commercial purpose.

Lodha had gained fame after Netflix, video streaming platform, recently released a web-series that is based on his professional life which he had detailed in a book authored by him. The FIR, which was filed on 7 December, has further alleged that to “earn illicitly and to turn the black money into white, he used a book written by him named ‘Bihar Diary’ for a production of a web-series named ‘Khakee: The Bihar Chapter’ by resorting to illegal activities”. The said series was released on Netflix on 25 November.