Chandigarh, March 5
Weeks after IG Rajinder Singh filed a case seeking promotion, the Punjab government suspended him here tonight.
The IG has been chargesheeted and suspended said a senior officer here. Since the formation of the SAD-BJP government in Punjab, Rajinder Singh was posted IG (counter intelligence) at Pathankot.
The suspension was made on the basis of a complaint lodged by the management of a private engineering college in the periphery of Chandigarh. The management of the college has two groups and one group is headed by a brother of the IG. The rival group has alleged the IG’s brother was exerting influence.
Meanwhile sources said a similar inquiry was conducted during the previous Congress regime and Rajinder Singh was given a clean chit. Now a a senior police officer was asked to conduct the inquiry following which Rajinder Singh was suspended.
Rajinder Singh, 1982 batch IPS officer of the Punjab cadre, had moved the Punjab and Haryana High Court seeking stay on the promotion of his batchmates - 1982 batch, of the Punjab cadre. The high court granted the stay and sought a status report. The case is listed for hearing in the next few days.
Rajinder Singh had claimed he was being ignored for promotion as ADGP, while his batchmates, Sanjiv Gupta, Sumedh Singh Saini and Suresh Arora, were being considered.
Rajinder Singh had claimed four posts of the ADGP were vacant in Punjab and there was no reason to deny him promotion. He had alleged he was being denied promotion as he had registered cases against Sukhbir Badal during the previous regime and was being victimised now.
