The former Delhi Police inspector Jawahar lal who has lodged a complaint against the ACB chief MK Meena for corruption has himself a shady past during his 33 years of his tenure. There were three vigilance inquiries against him and he was suspended once for gross misconduct during his duty. He was also booked under a criminal case at Najafgarh police station in 2006. 63-year-old Jawahal lal, native of Rajasthan, joined the Delhi Police in 1978 as sub-inspector and retired in 2011 as inspector.
According to his Annual Confidential Report (ACR), a copy of which is with.The Pioneer, Jawahar lal remained under suspension for 15 days in 1990 when he was posted with the FRRO branch of Delhi Police. He was posted as sub-inspector then. There were three vigilance enquiries conducted against him in 1986, 1999 and 2000, for negligence in duty and misbehaviour.
Senior officer told The Pioneer due to his bad conduct and he was never promoted to Assistant Commissioner of Police, while every SI of his batch became ACP. He had also complaint against his ACP KS Bhatnagar under sections of the SC/ST Act and the same was found to be untrue.
Bhatnagar had ordered a probe against Jawahar lal during his tenure as ACP, Najafgarh. Jawahar lal then posted with Security unit had forcibly occupied a piece of land in Najafgarh and Bhatnagar had ordered registration of case. Jawahar lal had reportedly abused Bhatnagar and a complaint was sent to the office of Joint Commissioner, Security Mukesh Kumar Meena who conducted an enquiry and the charges were substantiated.
“Jawahar lal is a ‘habitual offender’ as he had lodged several complaints against many of his colleagues from constables to Joint Commissioners. His conduct was highly unbecoming of a police officer. Hence, he was handed over departmental punishments,” said a police officer.
Sources said, IPS officers, RS Yadav, MK Meena, Additional DCP Joy Tirkey inspector Kailash Chand had faced frivolous complaints from Jawahar lal. He had also filed a court case against an advocate, SI Surender Sharna, female head constable Veena, ASI Rambir, Tirkey and inspector Johnny Anto. All complaints were found malafide in nature and in one case Delhi High Court against ACP Bhatnagar. Justice Manmohan Singh ruled, “The complaint was false and malafide” and quashed the complaint. Jawahar lal was also upbraided by the Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) for filing RTIs on frivolous charges, the sources added.