Overview
- An official order placed the 2019-batch IPS officer under immediate suspension under All India Services rules, fixing his headquarters at the DGP’s office with travel restricted and subsistence pay allowed.
- Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said negligence in action against gangster networks would not be tolerated as the government framed the step as a response to lapses in curbing organised crime.
- The decision comes a day after the Tarn Taran bypoll result and shortly after the Election Commission suspended Tarn Taran SSP Dr Ravjot Kaur Grewal following Shiromani Akali Dal complaints.
- Recent incidents cited in coverage include the September 12 shooting of Ajnala-based doctor Kulwinder Singh and multiple threat calls allegedly linked to gangland figures such as Jeewan Fauji.
- Oversight frictions have sharpened, with an ECI observer flagging serious policing lapses even as a state police report defended Tarn Taran arrests, prompting directives for senior-level reviews.