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Chhattisgarh Names Two-Member Panel to Probe Harassment Claims Against IPS Officer Ratan Lal Dangi

Police headquarters plans to base any action on the panel’s findings.

Overview

  • Inspector General Anand Chhabra and DIG Milna Kurre have been appointed to conduct a departmental inquiry and record statements from both sides.
  • The complainant, the wife of a Bilaspur sub-inspector, filed an October 15 complaint alleging years of physical, mental and financial harassment and submitted digital material.
  • Ratan Lal Dangi, a 2003-batch IPS officer serving as director of the state police academy, denied wrongdoing and lodged a counter-complaint alleging blackmail, extortion and mental harassment.
  • Police headquarters confirmed receipt of both complaints and said further steps will follow the committee’s report, with no disciplinary findings announced yet.
  • The woman told India Today she will comment after the inquiry and said she had not alleged sexual harassment, highlighting disputed accounts in the case.