A deputy superintendent of police has been given a one-year extension in his tenure by the Punjab authorities, elevating many eyebrows within the police and political circles.
The Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), Bathinda, Gurjit Singh Romana formally retired on Sunday (July 31). But a notification issued by the Punjab Home Ministry on July 26 stated that Romana would proceed because the DSP of Bathinda until July 31, 2022. Ironically, the Punjab authorities’s notification goes in opposition to the state’s personal coverage of not extending service. for its staff which was carried out final 12 months.
Well-known and well-known among the many ranks of Punjab’s ruling Congress social gathering, Romana made headlines in 2017 after being charged in a departmental inquiry for the discharge of an accused in a drug case. He was convicted for his doubtful function in an FIR registered in opposition to Gobind Gupta, who allegedly had an unlawful inventory of 1,500 habit-forming capsules.
Although the allegations in opposition to Romana have been discovered to be true within the inside report submitted, no motion was taken in opposition to him. Even although Romana was acquitted, and continued to serve within the pressure, a second case was filed in opposition to the suspect within the drug case and the person was arrested once more.
“It is just not attainable for a DSP stage officer to influence the Home Department to increase the tenure, particularly when there isn’t any such coverage within the State. Romana’s growth was carried out solely by cupboard minister Manpreet Singh Badal, who determined to have a look at the officer’s checkered historical past. On the one hand, the Punjab authorities is giving jobs to the little children of Congress MLAs and then again, it’s selling officers with doubtful outdated information by giving pointless extensions. Such officers can be utilized by the ruling social gathering within the upcoming meeting elections 2022.
He stated, “If there isn’t any extension coverage by the state, how was Romana particularly requested for yet another 12 months? This authorities has no advantage and it solely works in its personal favour.
Gupta, who was arrested on April 10, 2017, was launched inside 10 days after the FIR was lodged at Bathinda’s Nehianwala police station after a court docket granted him bail. In the cancellation report, Romana had allegedly cited the assertion of a drug inspector to assert that accused Gupta had a license to promote and purchase such medication. Sources later stated that no motion was taken in opposition to Romana as inside studies later concluded that Gupta’s launch was a mistake on Romana’s half and never a deliberate try.
After interrogation he was prompted, Romana was briefly transferred to the sixth IRB, Ladda Kothi in Sangrur. However, after the completion of the investigation in opposition to him, he quickly returned to Bathinda because the DSP.
When contacted, Pawan Goel, newly appointed working president of Punjab Pardesh Congress Committee stated, “I’m not conscious of the info of the case. The opposition is simply making baseless allegations. Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh will look into the matter and if something goes mistaken in giving extension of service to the DSP, he’ll look into the matter.
Punjab Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal didn’t reply to repeated requires touch upon the developments.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
