Nearly three months after Director Basic of Police (DGP) Atul Verma submitted a probe report into the allegation of breach of privilege towards 2018-batch IPS officer Ilma Afroz, the Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha Secretariat has sought a contemporary written assertion from the lady IPS officer posted because the Superintendent of Police in Lahaul & Spiti district.
The Vidhan Sabha Secretariat issued a letter to the workplace of Further Chief Secretary (ACS) Onkar Chand Sharma, requesting a reply from Afroz a fortnight in the past, adopted by reminders requesting the assertion on the earliest, sources stated,
The ACS workplace directed Afroz to submit her response, which continues to be awaited, they stated.
The Vidhan Sabha Secretariat requested a brand new assertion after discovering the officer’s earlier assertion recorded throughout the state police investigation had not been precisely documented, they stated.
A senior officer on the Vidhan Sabha Secretariat informed The Indian Specific, “DGP Atul Verma submitted his report on January 25. We discovered that Afroz’s recorded assertion didn’t meet the required requirements for a proper inquiry. We’re looking for a correct written response from the officer, which is why the ACS was requested to offer her with an in depth assertion. The Vidhan Sabha Secretariat doesn’t talk instantly with people or the state authorities. We at all times correspond by means of the workplace of the ACS.”
Congress Doon MLA Ram Kumar Chaudhary had alleged that former SP of Baddi Ilma Afroz tried to breach his privateness in 2024. Chaudhary lodged a grievance with the privilege committee throughout the monsoon session in September 2024. The committee directed the DGP to research the matter, and the inquiry was subsequently assigned to DIG Abhishek Dullar, who submitted the ultimate report back to the Vidhan Sabha on January 25.
Afroz, then posted because the Baddi SP, on January 27, 2023, proceeded on a 15-day earned depart beginning November 7, reportedly attributable to variations with MLA Chaudhary. The MLA, nevertheless, denied his involvement within the officer’s sanctioned depart.
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Nonetheless, throughout her depart, the cost of the Baddi SP was handed over to Himachal Pradesh Police Service (HPPS) officer Vinod Kumar Dhiman on November 14.
In the meantime, a Baddi resident filed a Public Curiosity Litigation (PIL) within the Himachal Pradesh Excessive Court docket, looking for Afroz’s reinstatement because the SP Baddi.
The petitioner, Sucha Ram, claimed that Afroz was “pressured into taking depart and that legislation and order within the space deteriorated after her switch”. The petition highlighted that in her tenure, Afroz took strict motion towards unlawful mining, drug menace, and organised crime within the Baddi-Barotiwala-Nalagarh Growth (BBND) space.
The plea was dismissed on March 4.
Subsequently, the state authorities transferred and posted Afroz because the SP of Lahaul & Spiti on March 11.
