It is IGP Basant Rath versus DGP Dilbag Singh again
The 2000 batch IPS officer files complaint against top cop in Gandhi Nagar police station
Srinagar: A major controversy has hit Jammu and Kashmir police after 2000 batch IPS officer Basant Kumar Rath filed a written complaint against Director General of Police Dilbag Singh in the Gandhi Nagar Police Station weeks after he was poked by a fake twitter handle using “Dilbag Singh” namesake.
“I am writing to you to take note of my genuine apprehensions about my safety and reputation. I am doing it as a private citizen of this country. Not as a civil servant. Not as a police officer. I am not asking you to lodge an FIR against the person mentioned above (DGP Dilbag Singh). I am just asking you to make this letter a part of the daily dairy in your station. Today. Now. In case something bad happens to me, you should know whose number you should dial. With due respect,” Rath wrote to Station House Officer of Gandhi Nagar Police Station.
The letter, a copy of which is with The Kashmir Monitor, has been marked to the DGP as well.
“I expect you to acknowledge this letter. You can send me a screenshot of my WhatsApp. Or you can send me a DM on Twitter. I am @KangriCarrier. It is a reasonably popular twitter handle in J&K, and Ladakh,” Rath said in the complaint.
Director-General of Police Dilbag Singh did not respond to the calls and WhatsApp messages. Station House Officer, Gandhi Nagar Police Station G. Choudhary said he has not seen the letter. “I have not seen it,” he said.
In fact, the run-ins began after fake twitter user `Dilbag Singh’ shared his (Raths) old article about distributing books for free earlier this month.
“Hi, Dilbag Singh. Can I call you Dilloo? Are you the one who owns 50 canals of land in Sarore near the dental college? Is it registered on your name?” Rath tweeted in response to a fake Twitter user.
(Kashmir Monitor)
