LUCKNOW, Oct. 14 -- The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) has arrested retired 1980-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer Yogesh Kumar in Lucknow's Gomti Nagar over alleged irregularities in the 2014 recruitment of nearly 1,000 livestock extension officers.

Kumar, 72, was the principal secretary of the animal husbandry department when the recruitment process took place in 2014. Investigators had earlier indicated evidence implicating the then animal husbandry minister, Raj Kishore Singh. The state government, however, has not yet sanctioned his prosecution.

"Yogesh Kumar was arrested from Gomti Nagar in Lucknow after evidence was found against him. Further legal proceedings are underway," EOW director general Jai Narain Singh sai...