Supreme Court protects suspended IPS officer of Chhattisgarh, terms filing of sedition cases as ‘disturbing’
The Hindu
A Bench headed by Chief Justice N.V. Ramana directed the State police not to arrest its own suspended senior IPS officer Gurjinder Pal Singh in the cases
Filing of sedition cases when regimes change is a “disturbing trend”, the Supreme Court said on August 26, granting protection from arrest to a suspended senior IPS officer against whom two criminal cases for offence of sedition and amassing disproportionate assets have been filed by the Chhattisgarh government. A Bench headed by Chief Justice N.V. Ramana directed the State police not to arrest its own suspended senior IPS officer Gurjinder Pal Singh in the cases. It however directed Mr. Singh to cooperate with the agencies in the ongoing investigation.More Related News