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Govt to frame rules for revoking of police medal if convicted
In the wake of former Haryana DGP SPS Rathore being found guilty in a molestation case, the Government will soon formulate a policy for automatic revoking of police and gallantry medals awarded to officers if they are convicted by a court.
In the wake of former Haryana DGP SPS Rathore being found guilty in a molestation case, the Government will soon formulate a policy for automatic revoking of police and gallantry medals awarded to officers if they are convicted by a court.
Top government sources said the rules are likely to be formalised when a high-powered award committee, headed by Union Home Secretary G K Pillai, meets in New Delhi on January 4.
"In our opinion, any IPS officer convicted by a court should be stripped of his medal. The award committee will look into all relevant issues and take a decision," a source said.
The Home Ministry has already taken steps to withdraw the police medal given to Rathore in 1985.
Rathore was recently sentenced to six months in prison for molesting 14-year old Ruchika Girhotra in 1990. Three years later, she committed suicide. Her family has levelled allegations of abetment to suicide against Rathore.
Haryana IPS officer R K Sharma, sentenced to life in prison in journalist Shivani Bhatnagar murder case, still has a President's police medal.
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