Ranchi, July 18 - A public interest litigation (PIL) petition has been filed against the state police chief and others in connection with withdrawal of millions of rupees from the secret services (SS) fund.

The PIL was filed by Om Prakash, a resident of Ranchi, in the Jharkhand High Court Friday.

The PIL was filed based on the report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) and media reports. Jharkhand Director General of Police (DGP) Visnu Dayal Ram has been charged with withdrawing a huge amount of money from the SS fund and not submitting the utilisation certification to the concerned authorities.

The DGP had withdrawn Rs.5.6 crore in a single day from SS fund in 2006. The PIL says that the CAG had sought the utilisation certificate of the SS fund between July 2005 and March 2008 during which Rs.