This action comes days after Ambasamudram’s Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Balveer Singh IPS was suspended after complaints of custodial torture surfaced against him.
The decision was announced by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin during the assembly session after a special call attention motion was brought by opposition parties.
Madras High Court to monitor sexual harassment probe against top cop
This court won t be a mute spectator and will step in to ensure that the rule of law is preserved, Justice N Anand Venkatesh observed.
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CHENNAI: The Madras High Court on Monday took suo motu cognizance of the recent sexual harassment complaint made against a top police officer by a woman IPS officer.
Though the case was widely reported and even a government order named the accused senior police officer, the high court s order restrained Press and media from naming him. It warned of contempt action if the accused or the complainant are named.