"Such Cops Must Be Jailed": Chief Justice NV Ramana On IPS Officer Facing Extortion Case
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Chief Justice NV Ramana, however, granted the suspended IPS officer interim protection from arrest in a case filed by the Chhattisgarh government.
Police officers who cosy up with the government of the day and make money illegally inevitably face payback time when there is a change in guard, the Supreme Court of India said today. Such cops must not be protected but must be jailed, Chief Justice NV Ramana said, though he did grant interim protection from arrest to the official facing extortion charges.
Chief Justice Ramana's court was hearing suspended IPS officer Gurjinder Pal Singh's plea against arrest in a case of disproportionate assets and sedition filed by the Chhattisgarh government.
This is the third such case in which Mr Singh has sought the Supreme Court's protection. The court had granted him interim protection in the two earlier cases.
"You can't take protection in every case. You started extracting money because you are close with the government. This is what happens if you're close with the government and do these things. You have to pay back one day," Chief Justice Ramana said.
