Overview
- Ratan Lal Dangi, a 2003-batch IPS officer, was suspended Thursday after a departmental inquiry, with his headquarters set at Nava Raipur and movement restricted to the post with subsistence pay.
- The case stems from an October 2025 complaint by a sub-inspector’s wife who alleged physical, mental and financial harassment and said she feared her husband could be transferred.
- The suspension order says his conduct appeared unbecoming of a senior officer and cites a likely breach of the All India Services Conduct Rules, noting that online circulation of the case hurt the police’s public image.
- Dangi denies wrongdoing and has lodged a counter-complaint accusing the woman of blackmail and extortion, saying the allegations were made to pressure him.
- Officials initiated a formal probe panel reported to include IG Anand Chhabra and DIG Milna Kurre, and the suspension functions as an administrative step to allow an impartial inquiry before any further action.