GG News Bureau
Gurugram, 24th Oct. Haryana’s Home Minister, Anil Vij, has asked the Director General of Police to immediately suspend 372 Investigating Officers (IOs) throughout the state. This action comes as a result of allegations that these officers have failed to take appropriate action on First Information Reports (FIRs) that have been pending for over a year.
In a letter sent to the Director General of Police on Monday, Vij has provided clear instructions to suspend the 372 IOs who are stationed in various districts across the state. This decision aims to address the issue of delayed action on pending FIRs.
While putting up clarification on issuing instructions to suspend 372 Investigating Officers in one go Vij said, “For a long time, I have been saying to the officers to finalise the disposal of prolonged cases. In May, the department gave us information that there are nearly 3,229 cases in which final disposal has not been done for more than one year. People are going from one place to another, and cases are not getting disposed of. We called the officers, and 372 officers did not give a satisfactory explanation. I have issued an order to immediately suspend 372 Io’s,” said Vij.
Apart from that Vij also asked for the pending cases to be transferred to respective deputy superintendents of police for final disposal within a month. “The cases pending before them will be transferred to respective DSPs with the warning that their final disposal should be done within one month. Otherwise, action will be taken against those officers who in doing so.”
According to Vij, there are 60 investigating officers (IOs) in Gurugram, 32 in Faridabad, 10 in Panchkula, 30 in Ambala, 57 in Yamunanagar, 31 in Karnal, 3 in Panipat, 14 in Hisar, 66 in Sirsa, 24 in Jind, 5 in Rewari, 31 in Rohtak, and 9 in Sonipat.
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