Amaravati, Sep 15: The Andhra Pradesh government on Sunday issued separate orders suspending three senior IPS officers, including former intelligence chief P Sitharama Anjaneyulu (DG rank), former Vijayawada Police Commissioner Kranti Rana Tata (IG rank) and Vishal Gunni (SP rank), then Deputy Commissioner of Police (Vijayawada) after an inquiry revealing their role in the alleged harassment of the model.
She accused the police officials of threatening her with dire consequences during the previous government if she did not withdraw a case she earlier filed against a top executive of a corporation in Mumbai.
The government came to a conclusion that there is prima facie evidence and that the disciplinary proceedings are warranted for his grave misconduct and dereliction of duty and therefore, consider it necessary to initiate disciplinary proceedings and to place Sri P Sitharama Anjaneyulu, IPS (1992), under suspension..
The model was arrested earlier this year during the previous regime based on a complaint by a YSR Congress leader who accused her of cheating. The then intelligence chief, instructed the two other officials to arrest her, although no crime registered against her as of that date.
FIR was registered against the model on February 2 at 6.30 AM, whereas Anjaneyulu passed on instructions to Kanthi Rana Tata and Vishal Gunni on January 31 well before registering the FIR.
She recently lodged a complaint against some police officials alleging that a false case was foisted against her and that she was subjected to harassment. Based on her complaint with AP police, the state government suspended two officials.
The three officials were among those 16 IPS officers who were issued a memo directing them to mark their 'attendance' in DGP's office twice a day, without any post.
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