Overview
- The Odisha government suspended 1998-batch IPS officer Dayal Gangwar on Thursday after probe reports and a confidential DGP note prompted administrative action.
- A home department notification said the DGP’s confidential report found Gangwar had retained eight Government Railway Police personnel for work at his residence even after he was transferred.
- The suspension responds to allegations from the family of slain GRP constable Soumya Ranjan Swain that Gangwar subjected the constable to physical and mental harassment and assigned personal tasks.
- Separately, the Crime Branch is continuing its criminal investigation into Swain’s May 7 lynching, with 18 accused arrested so far and earlier suspensions and transfers of junior officers remaining in force.
- Officials say disciplinary proceedings are being contemplated under All India Services conduct rules and that Gangwar’s posting is fixed at the State Police Headquarters in Cuttack with movement restrictions while probes proceed.