Neglecting the recommendations of the Prakash Singh Committee report that had indicted around 90 police and administrative officers for failing in their duties during the February 2016 Jat agitation, Haryana Government on Monday re-instated three Haryana Police Service (HPS) officers, who were suspended last year on the basis of the report.
The State Government has re-instated HPS officers namely Amit Dahiya, Sukhbir Singh and Sunil Kumar.
At the time of 2016 Jat agitation, Amit Dahiya was posted as DSP in Rohtak, Sunil Kumar as DSP Sonepat and Sukhbir Singh as DSP Kalanaur.
Re-instatement orders, issued on Monday by the State Government reads that these Haryana Police Service officers have been reinstated in service “without prejudice to the inquiry pending against them” with immediate effect.
On reinstatement, they have been posted at Police Headquarters, Panchkula.
Based on the findings of the Prakash Singh Committee, that was given the onus of looking into the acts of omission and commission by government officials during the February 2016 Jat agitation violence, the State Government had last year suspended three HCS and 10 HPS officers.
The report had indicted around 90 officials for dereliction of duty during the Jat agitation. The Jat agitation in February last year had led to the deaths of 31 people, injured more than 300 and resulted in loss of public and government property amounting to crores of rupees in Haryana.