Report on Special DGP submitted, says govt.

Further action in due course, it tells HC

An Internal Complaints Committee (ICC), which inquired into a recent sexual harassment complaint lodged by a woman Superintendent of Police against a Special Director General of Police (now under suspension), has completed its proceedings after hearing all parties concerned and submitted its preliminary report, the State government informed the Madras High Court on Wednesday. Appearing before the first Division Bench of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy, special senior counsel for the government A.L. Somayaji said the ICC’s preliminary report had been submitted to the government and that further course of action would follow in due course. When the Chief Justice insisted on a free and fair probe, the senior counsel assured that it would be done so. The submissions were made during the hearing of a case filed by a retired police officer insisting upon a CBI probe into the issue. However, Mr. Somayaji brought to the notice of the court that Justice N. Anand Venkatesh of the High Court had already taken suo motu cognisance of the issue and was monitoring the probe conducted by the CB-CID.