On Saturday an internal complaint probe committee was formed at Police Headquarters (PHQ) level to look into harassment charges levelled by a female police Constable against Inspector General of Police (Bilaspur) Pawan Dev.
According to a Press statement released from PHQ, the complaint against IGP was registered with Chakarbhata Police station, Bilaspur.
A copy of the complaint was forwarded to PHQ by Superintendent of Police (SP) Bilaspur and considering the seriousness of charges levelled against the IPS officer, an internal committee has been formed to look into the matter, the statement informed.
Notably, the female constable posted in Bilaspur on Friday had also released audio clippings of her purported conversation with the IGP according, to which the IGP was allegedly pleading her to visit his home during the night hours.
In the complaint, she alleged that the IGP Bilaspur used to call him regularly and lured of giving favourable posting if she acted the way he wanted.
Several other serious allegations were levelled by the constable.
Meanwhile, IGP Pawan Dev categorically refuted the charges and said that it was a trap to avenge certain disciplinary actions he had taken in the past.