JAIPUR: A day after ACB arrested ACP Kailash Bohra for demanding sexual favours from a rape survivor, the home department suspended the officer on Monday under Rule 13 of the Rajasthan Civil Services Rules, 1958.
Earlier in the day, parliamentary affairs minister Shanti Dhariwal had announced in the assembly that the state government would dismiss him from service using its powers under Article 311 of the Constitution, leaving aside all procedures, and had initiated the process.
He had said the state government was treating it as a “rarest of rare case”. Dhariwal told the assembly that ACP Bohra of special cell, crimes against women, has been accused of asking money and seeking sexual favours in exchange for taking action in a rape case. The CBI had also investigated charges against the police officer earlier, he said.
Dhariwal was replying after the issue was raised by deputy leader of opposition Rajendra Singh Rathore during the Zero Hour. The minister said the decision on dismissal was delayed as there were two opinions on invoking Article 311 of the Constitution. While the procedure for dismissal must be followed, in such a rarest of rare case, the government can start proceedings directly invoking Article 311 of the Constitution under section 16(2) of the Rajasthan Civil Services Rules, 1958, he said.
Opposition leader Gulab Chand Kataria welcomed the decision but asked the government how a person, accused of serious charges, was given field posting, that too in the sensitive special cell of crimes against women.