Chennai: Madras High Court on Friday asked the state government Why not suspend a DGP-Rank officer who accused sexually harassing an IPS officer for women, when it suspended SP for allegedly blocking the victim’s car while he rushed to Chennai. filed a complaint. The court has searched status reports on March 16.
“SP is only an arrow, (then) DGP specifically is the direction. But the arrow has been suspended, it is not the direction. Is the DGP special so strong that the country cannot suspend it?” Justice and Anand Venkatesh asked the public prosecutor Natarajan on Friday. The judge made an observation while hearing the case of Suo Motu who was initiated by him.
HC refused to empty the ban on the name forced to be published
This case starts on the basis of female complaints SP sexual harassment by special DGP which is then removed from the post and has not been given responsibility.
Noting that the court will ensure that the probe is closely monitored, Justice Anand Venkatesh directs the prosecutor to submit a report on investigation status on March 16.
The court also refused to empty the ban on publishing the name of the defendant besides the victim. “The court does not want parallel media trials to occur in this case, ” said the judge.
Advocate Abdul Saleem, representing the DGP, was submitted that while officers accused of cooperating with the investigation and had submitted their submissions before the Internal Complaints Committee (ICC), a member of the committee openly commented on the alleged WHATSAPP. The comment was made even before the trial began, he said.
“And, someone else, I have quoted as a witness to my case, was sitting as a member of the committee, ” he said, adding that he was allowed to put certain things to the court who explained how the investigation was ongoing, in a closed cover.
For this, justice Anand Venkatesh said, “I will really appreciate if you keep watching what is happening here instead of making a submission in this matter. The more the shipment you make, the more courts have a problem. Whatever you protest you want to make, Give in writing and let it be part of the case file. “
(The identity of the victim has not been revealed to protect its privacy according to the direction of the Supreme Court about cases related to sexual violence)
