SHIMLA, May 25: Director General of Police Atul Verma, Himachal Pradesh has recommended immediate suspension of the SP after taking strong exception to allegations levelled by Superintendent of Police of Shimla Sanjeev Kumar Gandhi against him and other senior officers.
In a letter to the Additional Chief Secretary (Home), the DGP said that Gandhi had made unsubstantiated and inappropriate allegations against senior government functionaries and constitutional authorities, and he should be suspended, “pending the outcome of a departmental inquiry and the CBI investigation” into the death of HPPCL engineer Vimal Negi.
The DGP cited instances of “misconduct and insubordination” by the SP Shimla & similar letters along with a video of the SP’s media interaction on Saturday in which he made serious allegations were also sent to the Chief Secretary and private secretary to the Chief Minister.
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