Tamil Nadu government to probe sexual allegation complaint against Special DGP; officer put on ‘compulsory wait’

IAS officer Jayashree Ragunandan will be the presiding officer for the committee comprising IPS officers Seema Agarwal, A Arun and Shamoondeswari, Chief Administrative Officer VK Ramesh Babu, Head (Programme Management) of International Justice Mission Loretta Jhona.

“The Committee shall take necessary further course of action as per the provisions of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 (Central Act 14 to 2013) on the said complaint,” the order read.

Earlier in the day, DMK leader MK Stalin slammed Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami claiming that he is protecting the accused officer. He said the Chief Minister should hang his head in shame for not being able to provide security for women police officers. He added that Rajesh Das should be suspended and a criminal case should be filed against him.

DMK MP Kanimozhi wrote on Twitter that the protector also needs protection during the AIADMK rule. “When a woman IPS officer is sexually harassed by a higher ranked officer and the CM takes no notice of it, what hope do ‘ordinary’ women have in this regime?” she tweeted.