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IPS officer G P Singh said the action against him was “prejudiced and aimed at trapping him .
RAIPUR: Chhattisgarh police have booked suspended additional director general of police G P Singh, a 1994 batch IPS officer, on charges of “sedition and promoting enmity”, less than a week after a three-day anti-corruption bureau raid.
It’s the first time in Chhattisgarh perhaps the country that an IPS officer has been booked for sedition.
Chief minister Bhupesh Baghel said action was taken against him on the basis of some papers seized during the searches, and a minister hinted at a “conspiracy to destabilise the government”.
RAIPUR: Raising a bizarre case, opposition BJP legislators on Friday alleged in the Chhattisgarh Vidhan Sabha that a done-up old statue of Father of Nation Mahatma Gandhi was erected at the state secretariat showing it as a brand new one.
Alleging corruption even in installation of Mahatma Statue, opposition pressed for a debate on their notice for adjournment motion leading to noisy scenes and abrupt adjournment of the house for five minutes.
Raising the issue during the zero hour, Brijmohan Agrawal (BJP) said “a statue of Mahatma Gandhi was erected at the Mantralaya. It was an old and broken statue, which was repaired and given a facelift. The department passed it off as a new one and incurred expenditure on it and even got it unveiled by the chief minister”. He demanded a debate on the opposition notice for adjournment on the issue.