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Haryana Minister Anil Vij asks top cop to suspend over 300 cops over pending FIRs

Reported by:  PTC News Desk  Edited by:  Shgun S -- October 24th 2023 10:14 AM
Haryana Minister Anil Vij asks top cop to suspend over 300 cops over pending FIRs

Haryana Minister Anil Vij asks top cop to suspend over 300 cops over pending FIRs

PTC News Desk: Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij on Monday asked the Director General of Police to suspend 372 Investigating Officers (IOs) across the state immediately for allegedly failing to take appropriate action on FIRs that had been pending for over a year.

According to an official statement, Vij instructed the suspension of 372 IOs across the state in a letter addressed to the Director General of Police on Monday.


"For a long time, I have been saying to the officers to finalise the disposal of prolonged cases. In May, the department gave us information that there are nearly 3,229 cases in which final disposal has not been done for more than one year. People are going from one place to another, and cases are not getting disposed of. We called the officers, and 372 officers did not give a satisfactory explanation. I have issued an order to immediately suspend 372 Io's," Vij said while putting up clarification on issuing instructions to suspend 372 Investigating Officers in one go.

Vij also asked that the pending cases be transferred to respective deputy superintendents of police for final disposition within a month. "The cases pending before them will be transferred to respective DSPs with the warning that their final disposal should be done within one month. Otherwise, action will be taken against those officers who in doing so," he said.

Vij also stated that 60 of the 372 investigating officers (IOs) are in Gurugram, Faridabad 32, Panchkula 10, Ambala 30, Yamunanagar 57, Karnal 31, Panipat 3, Hisar 14, Sirsa 66, Jind 24, Rewari 5, Rohtak 31 and Sonipat 9.

- ANI

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