In a sensational development, a senior woman IPS officer has lodged a complaint with Director General of Police (DGP) Shankar Jiwal, alleging an attempt on her life through an office fire in July. She claims the incident occurred after she exposed gross irregularities in the recruitment of Sub-Inspectors (SIs) and other uniformed service positions.
The Odisha Government on Monday placed a senior IPS officer under suspension on the charge of perpetrating grave misconduct, which does not befit a member of Indian police service.
The Trinamul Congress candidate Prasun Banerjee, a former IPS officer, who is contesting the Lok Sabha Polls from Maldah (Uttar), has started campaigning from Malda Assembly Constituency with a warning to the Central paramilitary forces.
Addressing a press conference here, senior AAP leader and Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai said, “The way BJP leaders insulted the IPS officer deployed on duty in West Bengal by calling him Khalistani is condemnable.
The members also chanted slogans and later in the evening blocked the Grand Trunk (GT) Road near Asansol South Police Station in protest.
Thakur had urged the Centre to transfer him to some other state till the departmental inquiries against him got over, accusing some senior state government officials.
The intelligence sleuths, along with immigration officials, are keeping a tab on movement of youth at Wagah border as well as at the New Delhi airport.
Earlier notices in July seeking their “compliance” had failed. Sources privy to the development said that the “quintet” of the ruling party, who had been served fresh notices, are Saugata Roy, Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar, Afrin Aparupa Poddar, Subhendu Adhikari and Ratna Chatterjee wife of former mayor Sovan Chatterjee, a BJP turncoat.
The senior IPS officer had issued a letter exempting the Wadhawans from the lockdown norms citing a 'family emergency'.
Vanzara had retired from the IPS as Deputy Inspector General (DIG) on May 31, 2014, after eight years in jail for his alleged involvement in fake encounters by Gujarat Police during Narendra Modi's government in the state.
