Inquiry Ordered After Tamil Nadu Woman IPS Officer Alleges Sexual Harassment Feb 25, 2021, 09:53 IST
An IPS officer in Tamil Nadu has filed a sexual harassment complaint against the Special Director General of Police (law and order) Rajesh Das. The TN home department has set up a six-member committee to probe the complaint against the officer. According to sources, the woman officer has alleged that Rajesh Das behaved inappropriately with her in his vehicle. Another IPS officer told that attempts were made by fellow officers to dissuade the woman from filing a complaint. She however went ahead with it. Many lady officers have congratulated her for her courage, the source said.
Tamil Nadu: Woman IPS officer alleges sexual harassment against top cop, inquiry ordered
Tamil Nadu government has ordered a probe into sexual harassment charge against senior IPS official by another woman IPS officer.
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UPDATED: February 25, 2021 09:27 IST
Tamil Nadu government constituted an enquiry committee, comprising of six members, including IAS and IPS officers, to probe the complaint. (Photo: India Today)
The Tamil Nadu government has set up an inquiry committee to probe a woman IPS officer’s complaint of sexual harassment against Special Director General of Police (Law and Order) Rajesh Das. An order to this effect was issued by Additional Chief Secretary, Home Department SK Prabakar.
Updated Feb 24, 2021 · 09:45 pm
The Tamil Nadu government’s home department on Wednesday set up a six-member inquiry committee to look into a sexual harassment complaint by a woman police officer against Special Director General of Police (law and order) Rajesh Das,
The News Minute reported.
Jayashree Raghunandan, the secretary of planning and development department of the state, has been named the presiding officer of the committee, according to
The Hindu. Apart from Raghunandan, IPS officers Seema Agarwal, A Arun, VK Ramesh Babu, B Shamoondeswari and Loretta Jhona of the International Justice Mission, are part of the committee.
“The committee shall take necessary further course of action as per the provisions of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 on the said complaint,” stated the order issued by Home Secretary SK Prabakar.
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IAS officer and Secretary of Planning and Development Department Jayashree Raghunandan has been named the Presiding Officer of the six-member panel
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Tamil Nadu, 05/01/2021: Rajesh Das (second right), Special DGP (Law and Order) interacting with villagers at Vengampatti in Salem district in Tamil Nadu on Tuesday, 05 January 2021.
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IAS officer and Secretary of Planning and Development Department Jayashree Raghunandan has been named the Presiding Officer of the six-member panel
The Tamil Nadu government, on Wednesday, constituted an enquiry committee following a complaint by a lady IPS officer alleging sexual harassment charges against Special DGP (Law & Order) Rajesh Das, IPS.