Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij today again took a tough stance in the public interest and issued instructions to suspend 372 Investigating Officers (IOs).
Vij has written a letter to the Director General of Police in this regard today. He said that in this context, information was also sought by writing a letter to the Additional Chief Secretary of the Home Department on May 11, 2023.
He informed that 372 investigating officers (IOs) have been suspended in various districts of the state. Among them, there are 60 IOs in Gurugram, Faridabad 32, Panchkula 10, Ambala 30, Yamunanagar 57, Karnal 31, Panipat 3, Hisar 14, Sirsa 66, Jind 24, Rewari 5, Rohtak 31 and 9 in Sonipat.
According to the letter written to the Director General of Police, Vij has said “I asked many times for early disposal of the FIRs registered in the state. Last month, I ordered that an explanation be sought from all IOs who have not finalized/disposed of the FIRs in a year. The number of cases was very high which is almost above 3229. He said in the letter addressed to DGP, “I am pained to know that despite my instruction, still 372 IOs are those who have not finally disposed of the cases and reason quoted by them are not satisfactory. They are making people move from one pillar to another to get action on their complaints. This is a very serious matter and cannot be ignored”.
Home said in the letter that “l would like that all these Investigating Officers be put under suspension immediately and their cases be transferred to respective DSPs for final disposal in a month, otherwise action will be taken against those officers also.