Sohrabuddin encounter case: Raje govt promotes accused cop as IGP

While Kataria was unavailable for a comment, DGP Omendra Bhardwaj told The Sunday Express, “Despite the passage of a lot of time, the case was not moving forward. Moreover, it is accepted in governance that if charges are not framed against any particular officer, he is deemed to be innocent. Also, there is a standard procedure that after three years of suspension, the status of any officer’s service is reviewed. In this review, it was found that the charges against the said officer were yet to be proved. The promotion in his case was long overdue and has hence been effected as a routine procedure. There is nothing out of turn done for him.”

Dinesh MN, a 1995-batch IPS officer, was arrested on April 24, 2007 for his alleged role in the fake encounter of Sheikh on November 26, 2005.

He was suspended from the post of Udaipur SP since then till October 28, 2007.

From October 29, 2007, to February 21, 2008, he was kept on awaited posting order (APO). Later, he was yet again suspended by the previous government.