Former IPS officer Lokeshwar Singh (IPS:2014:UK) is going to face disciplinary action for allegedly stripping and assaulting a trader in his office while serving as Pithoragarh superintendent of police (SP). The Uttarakhand Police Complaints Authority (PCA) recommended action against him on Wednesday through a letter to the state home department after finding him guilty of stripping and assaulting a local trader in Feb 2023.
Singh resigned from the elite IPS job in Oct to join a UN-affiliated body working on sustainable development. His posting as Pauri Garhwal SSP was his last assignment.
According to the PCA sources, the trader had alleged that Singh summoned him to his office on the pretext of questioning him about an issue related to cleanliness in the district police quarters and indulged in misbehaviour.
According to the complaint, Singh, along with six other police personnel, took him to a room away from the CCTV coverage area and stripped him and thrashed him brutally. The trader lodged a complaint against the IPS officer in the district PCA in Nainital, leading to an inquiry. The complainant attached medical reports that clearly stated the nature of wounds he sustained during the assault.
The recommendation of disciplinary action came after Singh’s failure to appear before the PCA to present his version.
Singh later replied by submitting three affidavits denying the accusations. The officer claimed that the trader was involved in a number of criminal cases in the district. However, he failed to submit any evidence to support his claim.
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