Haryana IGP files complaint against DGP, seeks FIR under SC/ST Act

Inspector-General of Police Y Puran Kumar has filed a complaint against DGP Manoj Yadava for allegedly harassing him on basis of his caste. He has sought an FIR against the police chief under the stringent Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities Act), 1989.

A Haryana-cadre IPS officer has filed a complaint against state's DGP Manoj Yadava accusing him of trying to humiliate and harass the officer on caste basis. Inspector-General of Police Y Puran Kumar has sought registration of a criminal case against the Haryana police chief under the stringent Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities Act), 1989. In his complaint lodged with Ambala Senior Superintendent of Police Hamid Akhtar on May 19, Puran Kumar said that the DGP has “some personal grudge" against him due to him belonging to a scheduled caste.