Two IPS officers, Damayanti Sen and Okay. Jayaraman, who’re broadly considered “sincere and cussed” and believed to have been sidelined throughout the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC) authorities in Bengal, got here again into the highlight on Monday when Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari appointed them as committee secretaries of two separate committees. The fee, headed by a retired Excessive Court docket choose, will look into the alleged “systemic corruption” and crimes towards girls that occurred throughout the TMC’s 15-year rule.
Damayanti Sen
Sen, a 1996-batch IPS officer within the West Bengal cadre, is at present serving as Extra Director Common and Inspector Common of Police.
Sen, a graduate pupil in economics at Jadavpur College, has a fame as an sincere official. She was additionally the primary lady police officer to function Joint Commissioner (Crime) in Kolkata Police.
Sen first got here into the highlight in 2012 after a British-Indian lady claimed she had raped her in a transferring automotive after leaving a Park Avenue membership. Regardless of the then Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee dismissing the incident as a “concocted story geared toward tarnishing the federal government’s picture”, Sen, who was the then Joint Commissioner (Crime), continued with the investigation. Her staff rapidly arrested the suspect and gathered proof to assist the assault.
Her investigation of the case was broadly seen as contradicting the political narrative. Shortly thereafter, Sen was transferred to the Police Coaching Academy at Barrackpore. Officers described the switch as a “routine administrative choice,” however many in political and regulation enforcement circles questioned whether or not it was associated to the dealing with of her rape case. Nevertheless, no direct hyperlink was established between the 2.
Sen later returned to Kolkata as particular secretary, however hardly ever dealt with politically delicate circumstances throughout the TMC authorities.
In 2022, the Calcutta Excessive Court docket directed Sen to research 4 rape circumstances in addition to the broadly mentioned Rasika Jain demise case. It is a step seen as reflecting the courtroom’s confidence in her integrity and investigative talents. A yr later, she was transferred as ADG (Coaching), a submit that took her principally out of the limelight.
“She turns into very emotional whereas dealing with circumstances associated to atrocities towards girls, particularly rape and sexual abuse. Within the Park Avenue case, she stored saying ‘one thing occurred’ regardless that different cops believed that no crime had been dedicated. We hope she investigates circumstances beneath the fee with the identical ardour,” stated a senior IPS officer.
Okay. Jayaraman
Jayaraman, a 1997 batch IPS officer within the West Bengal cadre, is at present serving because the ADG of North Bengal Ranges.
Jayaraman, identified for his operational and administration experience, was suspended on November 30, 2013, simply hours after the then Siliguri Police Commissioner arrested the then Malda District Choose G. Kiran Kumar on costs of monetary irregularities associated to the Siliguri-Jalpaiguri Improvement Authority, of which Kumar was beforehand the CEO.
“The arrest was very embarrassing. We really feel it was pointless and the Siliguri CP went past his written document,” then Chief Commissioner Sanjay Mitra stated whereas justifying Jayaraman’s suspension, including that the police officer couldn’t get permission from the state authorities.
Throughout the obligatory ready interval, Jayaraman was assigned a small room within the writers’ constructing and determined to use for the central delegate place. “I am neither pleased nor unhappy. I am a state authorities official and I’ve to comply with orders,” he stated on the time.
Earlier than Jayaraman’s suspension, his staff had questioned a number of politicians, together with then TMC Siliguri MLA Rudranath Bhattacharya and TMC Jalpaiguri district president Chandan Bhowmik, in reference to the fraud allegations.
After suspending Jayaraman, the TMC authorities handed over the case to the CID, which later stated in its report that Jayaraman’s report contained all the required particulars and due to this fact no additional investigation was required.
Regardless of this, Jayaraman stayed away from essential posts till 2022, when the Calcutta Excessive Court docket fashioned a Particular Investigation Crew (SIT) headed by him, who was then the ADG, to research the unnatural demise of Faizan Ahmed, who was discovered useless in a hostel room at IIT Kharagpur.
