Two police officers, including Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Daljit Singh Dhillon, were dismissed from service over serious allegations of pushing women into drugs, an official said today.
The dismissal orders of Dhillon, who was posted as DSP Ferozepur, were issued by Chief Minister Amarinder Singh while Head Constable Inderjit Singh was dismissed by the Commissioner of Police, Jalandhar, said a spokesman in an official statement released here.
Dhillon was placed under suspension on June 28 following charges of pushing a Ludhiana girl into drug abuse, while Inderjit had been under suspension since September 2017 in the wake of similar charges by a Jalandhar woman, who had also accused him of sexual exploitation on pretext of marriage, he said.
The dismissal orders of Dhillon came after legal examination of the fact-finding inquiry conducted by IPS Anita Punj, Director, Punjab Police Academy, Phillaur, and based on the statement of the girl concerned, the spokesman said.
A case under relevant sections of the IPC and the NDPS Act was registered against Dhillon.
"The officer was found indulging in highly undesirable and morally corrupt activities while posted at Tarn Taran, and, misusing his official position and power vested in him as a gazetted police officer by raping a girl and alluring her into drugs," the spokesman said.
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Giving details of the dismissal of Inderjit, the spokesman said the constable was under suspension since September 2017 following a series of complaints by the Jalandhar woman.
The spokesman said the woman had raised serious allegations against Inderjit on four occasions though she had retracted her statement in each case, saying either that a compromise had been affected or it was given under a misunderstanding.
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