Clean chit to Haryana IPS officer in sexual harassment case

A elder Haryana constabulary serviceman told The Indian Express connected Wednesday that the SIT had submitted its last report, stating that the allegations were unfounded. The serviceman said the SIT had recorded statements from 168 pistillate officials during the probe and reviewed their work records. “None of the pistillate officials named successful the purported missive were posted successful the territory acrophobic during the IPS officer’s tenure. Statements were recorded from each women officials who had served successful the district, adjacent for a time during that period, and still, the allegations were recovered baseless,” the serviceman added.

The SIT, led by ADGP (State Crime Branch) Mamta Singh, included IPS officers Astha Modi and Sangeeta Kalia. It began its probe successful November 2024 aft the letter, addressed to the Haryana main minister, went viral.

Initially, Fatehabad superintendent of constabulary Modi was tasked with investigating the matter. However, the authorities aboriginal formed the SIT to instrumentality implicit the probe. According to sources, the authorities received inputs suggesting that the 2 women officers named successful the missive could power the investigation. Following this, some officers were transferred retired of the district, on with the IPS serviceman facing the allegations. His transportation followed a proposal from Haryana State Commission for Women chairperson Renu Bhatia.

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