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IGP Basant Rath files police complaint against Director Gen Police

AGENCIES | JAMMU

IPS officer Basant Kumar Rath filed a written complaint against Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police Dilbag Singh, stating that the top cop poses a threat to his safety and reputation.
Rath, a 2000 batch IPS officer, wrote to the station house officer of Gandhi Nagar Police station, stating that while he was not asking authorities to file an FIR, they should make a note of his complaint in case something untoward happens to him.
Under the subject section of the complaint, Rath wrote: �Requesting you to take note of my apprehension about my life, liberty and bald head the reason being certain activities of Sh Dilbag Singh, IPS batch 1987 batch, presently DGP.
�I�m writing to you to take note of my genuine apprehensions about my safety and reputation. I�m doing it as a private citizen of this country. In my personal capacity, not as a civil servant, not as a policeman,� Rath wrote.
�I�m not asking you to lodge an FIR against the person mentioned above. I�m just asking you to make this letter a part of the Daily Diary in your police station. Today. Now. In case something bad happens to me, you should know whose number you should dial. With due respect,� he further stated.
The spat between Rath and Singh, a 1987-batch IPS officer, was triggered through a tweet by the junior officer on 12 June. A Twitter user, named Dilbag Singh, had posted an article run by a local daily about Rath�s initiative of providing free books to students preparing for competitive exams.
�Hi Dilbag Singh. Can I call you Dilloo? Are you the one who owns 50 canals of land in Sarore near the dental college? Is it registered on your name?� Rath tweeted, in a dig at allegations leveled against the J&K DGP by a local daily last year.
Taken aback by the sly dig, especially by an IGP level officer, DGP Dilbagh Singh in an unofficial statement had said, "I Challenge him to prove an inch of land or property or any business worth a penny in my name or my family or in somebody's else's name on my behalf. Or let's take him to the task."