Suspended SP moves HC

He is accused of waylaying a colleague

D. Kannan, a Superintendent of Police currently under suspension and facing a criminal case for having reportedly waylaid a woman SP when she was on her way to lodge a complaint of sexual harassment against a special Director-General of Police (also under suspension), has approached the Madras High Court, challenging his suspension order. He has described himself to be a victim of exaggerated allegations and claimed that he had not done anything wrong but for obeying the orders of his superior. In an affidavit, the suspended SP said that he was on duty at Paranur toll plaza in Chengalpattu district on February 22 since the Chief Minister’s convoy was to pass through the toll gate. At around 1.35 p.m., he received a call on his mobile from the then Special DGP, in-charge of the Chief Minister’s security, instructing him to stop the vehicle of the woman SP who was travelling towards Chennai. Claiming that he was not aware of the alleged sexual advances made by the Special DGP towards the woman SP or that she was proceeding to lodge a complaint against him, the petitioner said the Special DGP only told him that the woman SP was not reachable over phone and he wanted to talk to her. So, he waited for her about 150 m from the toll plaza when her vehicle zipped past him around 2.30 p.m.