IPS officer Ilma Afroz (IPS:2018:HP), serving as SP of Himachal Pradesh’s Baddi district, has had to face the consequence for locking horns with ruling party’s legislator, Ram Kumar Chaudhary. She has been asked to proceed on a 15-day leave reportedly for issuing challans against the vehicles owned by the Congress MLA’s family. Chaudhary is allegedly involved in illegal mining.
The clash of ego between the two is said to have started when the SP did not attend the August 15 event leading the MLA abstaining from an event atthe SP’s office. Piqued MLA later levelled serious allegations against Afroz and went on to file a privilege motion notice in the Assembly.
The situation worsened after a firing incident in Baddi recently on which as crap trader, Ramkishan, was allegedly targeted. As Ramkishan happens to be a close aide of a senior Congress leader, political pressure was mounted on Afroz to cover up the case. But resolute Afroz refused to give in and invited the punishment of being put on leave.
She has reportedly handed over her charge to the ASP and left for her hometown at Moradabad in Uttar Pradesh citing personal problems.
