New Delhi: Jammu and Kashmir cadre IPS officer Basant Rath has been suspended with immediate effect for “gross misconduct and misbehaviour”, says a Union Home Ministry order.
The order, issued on Tuesday evening, said the 2000 batch IPS officer was immediately attached to police headquarters in Srinagar.
Rath, posted as inspector general (IG) civil defence in J&K, has been asked not to leave the headquarters without permission from the Director General (DG) of Jammu and Kashmir Police.
Rath had recently written a letter, on June 25, to the Gandhinagar police station SHO expressing apprehension about his safety due to “certain activities” of the DG Police, Dilbag Singh. The letter had gone viral on social media.
The Home ministry order stated that disciplinary proceedings against Rath are contemplated in connection with repeated instances of gross misconduct and misbehaviour that have been brought to the notice of the government. PTI

Press Trust of India