CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu government on Wednesday set up an inquiry committee to probe a woman IPS officer’s complaint of sexual harassment against special director general of police (law and order) Rajesh Das.
An order to this effect was issued by home secretary S K Prabakar.
Additional chief secretary (planning and development) Jayashree Raghunandan has been named the presiding officer of the six-member committee.
The other members are additional general of police (headquarters) Seema Agrawal, inspector general of police (administration) A Arun, deputy inspector general of police (Kancheepuram range) B Shamoondeswari, chief administrative officer of office of the DGP V K Ramesh Babu and International Justice Mission programme management head Loretta Jhona.
“The committee shall take necessary further course of action as per the provisions of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 (Central Act 14 to 2013) on the said complaint,” the order said.