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New Delhi, May 19: The Supreme Court has directed the constitution of a three-member Special Investigation Team to probe the FIR against Madhya Pradesh Minister Vijay Shah for his derogatory remarks against Colonel Sofiya Qureshi.
A Bench headed by Justice Surya Kant ordered the Madhya Pradesh Director General of Police to constitute the SIT of direct-recruited IPS officers of the Madhya Pradesh cadre .
However, none of the three SIT members should belong to the State & one of them must be a woman. The SIT must be headed by an IPS officer of Inspector General rank and the other two members must be of SP rank & the SIT must be formed by May 20 10 a.m., the apex court said.
The Bench also directed the SIT to submit its findings in a status report to it. The court has fixed the next hearing on May 28.
Justice Kant said the Minister’s comments amounted to “crass, thoughtless remarks”. The court said there was no point apologizing to the court merely to “wriggle out of a situation”.
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