I few few of the cases when MME can initiate detach procedure for an UE.
1- From OAM, it is possible to trigger detach procedure for an UE
2- Subscription has been expired at the HSS and it initiates Delete subscriber data procedure. As result of this procedure, MME initiate detach procedure.
3- Congestion is detected at the serving MME.
4- UE did combined attach at MME but due to some issue non-EPS services can't be provided. In this case, MME initiates detach procedure with detach type "IMSI detach".
These are the few cases when MME initiates detach procedure.