GP Singh, an IPS officer, was slapped with a sedition case by Chhattisgarh police, reports PTI. He was suspended earlier this week in disproportionate assets case. Raids were conducted at his premises by the state’s Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) and Economic Offences Wing (EOW).
According to the police, documents allegedly promoting enmity and hatching a conspiracy against the established government and public representatives were found during the raids. Singh was booked under IPC sections 124-A (sedition) and 153-A (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language, etc).
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According to the report, the ACB/EOW carried a three-day search at around 15 locations linked and claimed to have discovered movable and immovable assets worth around Rs10 crore.
A 1994-batch officer, Singh was earlier ADG of the ACB and EOW. He was posted as director of the state police academy before being suspended on July 5.
During the raid at his official residence, police found some pieces of papers from the backyard of the house. When pieces of papers were rearranged, sensitive contents were found to be written and typed on it, the FIR said.
“These papers contained objectionable comments against leaders of reputed political parties along with detailed plans of conspiracy,” it said. According to the FIR, secret assessments related to representatives and candidates of different assembly constituencies along with comments on serious issues of the concerned area were also written on it. The papers also contained critical comments on several government schemes, policies, social and religious issues,” it said.