India, April 26 -- The Andhra Pradesh government on Thursday issued orders framing charges against senior IPS officer and former Crime Investigation Department (CID) chief PV Sunil Kumar for allegedly making repeated foreign visits without prior permission during the previous YSR Congress Party regime, people familiar with the matter said on Friday.

The government order (GO No. 763), issued by chief secretary K Vijayanand, said disciplinary action is proposed to be initiated against Sunil Kumar for the act of misconduct and misbehaviour, as per the charges framed against him. He had already been suspended on March 3 in this case.

In all, the government has framed six charges against the IPS officer, including wilful violation of the All...