SC advocate complains about senior Punjab cop’s ‘sex-for-cash clip’, CM Bhagwant Mann forwards email
A purported audio clip of a senior IPS officer in Punjab allegedly negotiating terms for sexual services with an unidentified woman went viral earlier this month.
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CM Bhagwant Mann also sent an email to the Punjab State Commission for Women. (Representational Image: Express Photo/ Kamleshwar Singh) Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Wednesday forwarded an email complaint by Supreme Court advocate Nikhil Saraf on an alleged sex-for-cash scandal involving a senior IPS officer in the state to the administrative secretary of the home affairs and justice department.
“The CM’s office has confirmed the receipt and marked it to the administrative secretary of home affairs and justice department for further action. The complaint was also sent to the Police Complaint Authority, which has confirmed the receipt telephonically,” Saraf said. He also sent an email to the Punjab State Commission for Women, but it is yet to respond.
Saraf sent his complaints via email on April 8 after an audio recording surfaced on social media platform X, wherein the officer is purportedly heard negotiating terms for sexual services with an unidentified woman. The clip “shocked the conscience of every Indian,” Saraf wrote.
According to Saraf, the recording exposes “a serving IPS officer… actively engaged in the organised sex trade”, and the details of the purported conversation in the clip suggest “a pattern of conduct unbecoming of a public servant and possibly criminal in nature”.
In his complaint, Saraf alleged the officer’s involvement in a sex scandal, abuse of authority, and possible links to organised crime. The complaint outlines several key demands, including an independent forensic investigation of the audio clip to establish its authenticity, immediate witness protection for all individuals involved, a detailed forensic audit of the IPS officer’s assets and financial transactions, the registration of FIRs under applicable laws, and the submission of a comprehensive inquiry report within 15 days.
The complaint alleges that the officer appeared to offer large sums of money — “approximately INR 50,000 for a single 3–4 hour engagement” — and made proposals involving two women, raising questions of coercion, misuse of public office, and access to unaccounted financial resources.
“The tone, familiarity, and content of the conversation indicate this is not an isolated incident,” Saraf emphasised, warning of a “larger pattern of misconduct”.
The advocate further connected the officer to a dismissed police constable previously arrested in a drug case. “It was alleged that the woman and this officer were having an ongoing relationship,” Saraf wrote, noting that despite the seriousness of the allegations, “the police has not taken any action as of date”.
He also expressed concern over “potential institutional complicity”, saying that continued inaction “strongly suggests a deliberate attempt to shield” the officer.
Urging that democratic principles be upheld, Saraf said in the complaint, “Unchecked arbitrary and abusive actions by any arm of the Executive are worst prescriptions for a progressive democracy.”
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