A grievance redressal meeting saw a heated exchange between Haryana Minister Anil Vij and a senior police officer over the suspension of a sub-inspector accused of fraud.
The Grievance Redressal Committee meeting was held in the state’s Kaithal district on Friday and among the people who brought up an issue before the cabinet minister was Sandeep Malik, a resident of Titram village, who accused a sub-inspector, also named Sandeep, of fraud in a land purchase case.
Vij, who holds the Energy, Transport, and Labour portfolios, immediately directed that the sub-inspector be suspended. Kaithal Superintendent of Police (SP) Upasana pointed out she did not have the power to do so because the sub-inspector was from Kurukshetra – which is a different district, under another SP – and this led to an argument with the minister.
“I am saying it. Suspend him,” an animated Vij is seen telling the SP in a video. The police officer tries to interject and say that this will have to be done by the SP of Kurukshetra.
“You write to the DGP (Director General of Police, the state’s top cop). I am saying suspend him, you just have to execute my orders,” the minister says.
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