As per a home department communication, the meetings scheduled for August 12 were postponed till further orders on the advice of the Haryana chief electoral officer
The FIR had been registered on a complaint by senior IAS officer, Ashok Khemka. The genesis of the FIR against Verma lay in a complaint made by him against Khemka, seeking registration of a criminal case for allegedly making appointments in Haryana state warehousing corporation (HSWC) in an illegal and arbitrary manner.
The Punjab and Haryana high court was hearing a plea from one Manmohan Singh, who had approached court in May claiming threat to his life and as he was getting threat calls and messages from gangster Lucky Patial through WhatsApp
A decorated officer, he has received many commendations and rewards including the Governor’s Medal and President’s Police Medal for Meritorious Service.