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| Gujarat's whistleblower cop suspend |
| Gujarat's whistleblower cop suspended for taking on Modi?
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| INDIA
, 10-August-2011
0:47:55 AM |
| Sanjeev Bhatt, the controversial whistleblower officer in the Gujarat police has told NDTV that his suspension by the state government is untenable in law. The 1988- batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer, on Monday, was served a five-page suspension letter by the state Home Department, charging him of unauthorised absence.
The suspension order came just three days after Mr Bhatt told the Supreme Court that the state government, which is meant to prosecute those accused for the communal riots in 2002, has actually been leaking information for use in their defence. In an affidavit filed in the apex court on Friday, Mr Bhatt included emails that allegedly show how the state government was sharing information with the defence counsel.
Mr Bhatt is already facing departmental proceedings which were initiated against him a few months ago. Director General of Police (DGP) Chitaranjan Singh had shot off a letter to him in March alleging that he was not attending to his duties at the State Reserve Police (SRP) chowki in Junagarh, where he is posted. Mr Bhatt had replied to the notices claiming that he was on leave for his mother's surgery and had reported to duty after his leave.
The DGP's office had also issued him a notice for keeping the state security personnel from the SRP chowki for his personal use without any authorisation, a charge Mr Bhatt denied. Mr Singh said the suspension had nothing to do with the affidavit filed in the apex court. "These are purely administrative matters, and we have given him enough time to explain."
However, Mr Bhatt says the timing of his suspension indicated that it was indeed linked to the revelation of emails. "The grounds for my suspension mentioned in the order are not only frivolous but also untenable in law."
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