2 min readRaipurUpdated: Mar 26, 2026 05:38 PM IST
A senior Chhattisgarh IPS officer has been suspended Thursday after a departmental inquiry for allegedly harassing the wife of a police officer — a charge he denies.
Ratan Lal Dangi, an IPS officer of 2003 cadre and an Inspector General of Police, was accused of “physically, mentally and financially” harassing the wife of a police officer. At the time of the allegations, the IPS officer was posted as as Director of the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose State Police Academy, Chandrakhuri, Raipur.
The complainant also claimed she was under pressure and that her husband could face transfer.
She could not be contacted for comment. Calls and text messages to Dangi too went unanswered.
But the officer previously denied the charges, alleging that the woman is trying to blackmail him into “leaving his family”.
“For a long time, she has been harassing me and extorting money from me. She is blackmailing me. My family is depressed because of her. I’ve been posted in the police academy for nearly three years where I do not have any power to make transfers. If I was harassing her, why did she not complain against me before? Why now?” he said
The suspension order against Dangi states that he “while holding the dignified position of a senior officer in the Police Department, has not exhibited conduct befitting his position, exhibiting unbecoming and unethical conduct, abusing his position of influence, and violating established cultural norms, thereby prima facie violating the All India Services (Conduct) Rules, 1968”.
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The order also said the IPS officer’s actions have been circulated and publicised on electronic and social media, tarnishing the image of the police in the public and society for which he is responsible.
The officer will be stationed at the police headquarters in Nava Raipur during the duration of the suspension. He will be eligible for a subsistence allowance but cannot leave the headquarters without permission.
