India News | TN Govt Gives Nod to Prosecute Suspended IPS Official

Chennai, Nov 11 (PTI) The Tamil Nadu government has accorded sanction to prosecute a suspended IPS official, Balveer Singh, facing charges of pulling out the teeth of crime suspects and detainees with pliers, an official said.

Singh, a 2020-batch IPS officer, had served as Assistant Superintendent of Police (ACP) at Ambasamudram in the southern district of Tirunelveli.

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Allegations of torture of crime suspects emerged in March this year and following that, Chief Minister M K Stalin ordered his suspension, and a high-level inquiry was initiated against the officer.

A senior government official said the sanction was accorded on November 10.

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The Crime Branch CID police completed the investigation in four cases against Balveer Singh. The government allowed the CB-CID to file a chargesheet against Singh.

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