The IPS Officer Basant Rath who is under suspension has accused three top bureaucrats which includes Ajay Kumar Bhalla, IAS presently posted as Home Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs, Govt. of India, Raj Kumar Goyal, IAS presently posted as Financial Commissioner (Additional Chief Secretary), Home Department, Govt. of J&K, and Dilbag Singh, IPS presently posted as Director General of Police, J&K for planning to Assassinate him.
Basant Rath is an Indian bureaucrat who is best known for his controversial statements and actions. He is an Indian Police Service(IPS) officer(Under Suspension) and has served in various capacities in the Indian government. He is known for his confrontational approach towards government officials and his strong opinions on various political and social issues. In recent times, he has become a popular figure on social media and is followed by many people for his opinions and views. However, his statements and actions have also sparked controversy and criticism, on Saturday evening he shared a tweet and informed that he has filed a written complaint against the 3 accuses at Police Station Gandhi Nagar, Jammu.
The Application of which a copy lies with JKYouth Newspaper attached below reads:
To
The Officer-in-Charge/Station House Officer, Police Station Gandhi Nagar, Jammu
Subject:
Application/Complaint seeking registration of FIR and initiation of action against the accused (1) Ajay Kumar Bhalla, IAS presently posted as Home Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs, Govt. of India, New Delhi (2) Raj Kumar Goyal, IAS presently posted as Financial Commissioner (Additional Chief Secretary), Home Department, Govt. of J&K (3) Dilbag Singh, IPS S/o Sh. Balbir Singh presently posted as Director General of Police, J&K for hatching a criminal conspiracy against the applicant/complainant to eliminate the applicant/complainant and to act in furtherance of such criminal conspiracy by misusing their position and power against the law and to put the life, limb and liberty of the applicant/complainant in danger as well as for extending threats to the applicant/complainant through his goons/henchmen.
Sir,
The applicant/complainant is an IPS Officer (Under Suspension) presently serving as IGP attached with the office of the Commandant General, Home Guards/CD & SDRF,J&K at Jammu and as entitlement of security as well as for personal safety of the applicant/complainant, the Commandant SDRF 2nd Bn., Jammu vide Order No. Prov/6292-95 dated 23-06-2020 issued One 9MM Pistol alongwith One Magazine and 35 rounds of 9MM in favour of the applicant/ complainant. It is submitted that during the period of suspension, the applicant/complainant applied for Voluntary Retirement from Service to the Competent Authority and as per law and rules applicable to the services of the applicant/complainant in vogue, the Competent Authority was required to decide the suspension of the applicant/complainant, then to decide on the representation of the Voluntary Retirement from Service and thereafter ask for submission of No Due Certificates (NDC) etc.
However, the accused herein by -bypassing the law have entered into a criminal conspiracy to snatch the Self- Defence Weapon i.e. 9MM Pistol from the applicant so as to expose the applicant to the threat and danger of the inimical elements and in furtherance of the said criminal conspiracy the accused No. 1 has issued a communication dated 22-09-2022 directing the accused No.2 to furnish ‘No Dues Certificate’ and ‘Qualifying Service Certificate’ of the applicant/complainant without deciding the prerequisites and the accused No. 2 again with the criminal intention and in furtherance of the criminal conspiracy issued letter bearing No. Home-PG/142/2021- 089(CC.17201) directed the accused No.3 to furnish the aforesaid certificates that too against the settled legal position deliberately to expose the applicant/complainant to inimical threats and danger.
In furtherance to the criminal conspiracy hatched by the accused herein, the accused No.3 issued letter dated 03-10-2022 to the Commandant General, Home Guards/CD & SDRF,J&K with the directions to furnish the NDCof the applicant and accordingly the applicant/complainant was telephonically asked to surrender his Pistol alongwith Magazine and rounds without any lawful justification and reason that too in violation of the settled legal position thereby putting the life, limb and liberty of the applicant/complainant in extreme danger at the hands of the inimical elements particularly Land Mafia in Jammu and the terrorists as the applicant/complainant has served as SDPO Charar-i-Sharief, Budgam, Addl. SP Baramulla, SP Ramban, SP Poonch as well as SSP Jammu and the applicant/complainant have strictly worked against the Terrorists and the Land Mafia and there is every threat to the life, limb and liberty as well as safety of the applicant/complainant both at the hands of those anti-social elements as well as at the hands of the henchmen/goons of the accused herein, who have hatched the criminal conspiracy against the applicant so as to eliminate the applicant/complainant as the accused have turned inimical towards the applicant/complainant for the reasons best known to them and have extended threats to the applicant/complainant through their henchmen/goons, as such, life, limb and liberty of the applicant/complainant has been put into danger by the accused by conspiring against the applicant/complainant and by acting in furtherance of such criminal conspiracy, the accused are liable to be booked for the criminal offences as detailed above.
It is needless to mention herein that recently Sh. H. K. Lohia, then Director General of Police(Prisons), J&K was brutally murdered in cold blood who was having no Defence Weapon with him and despite this fact, the accused have plotted a criminal plan to get the applicant/complainant eliminated in a similar fashion in order to avoid themselves from clutches of law of the land, though no one is above the law of the land and the accused being liable for criminal action are required to be booked under relevant provisions of law.
You are accordingly requested to lodge an FIR against the accused persons under the relevant provisions of law and initiate esinin action against the accused accordingly.
Dated: 03.02.2023
Thanking you,
Yours sincerely,
Basant Rath,
