Pressure mounts on Fadnavis to act against IPS officer
The Free Press Journal|June 24, 2024
Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who is in charge of the home portfolio, is under increasing pressure to suspend IPS officer Quaiser Khalid of the 1997 batch for his alleged role in the Ghatkopar hoarding scam.
S Balakrishnan
Pressure mounts on Fadnavis to act against IPS officer

A former MP of the BJP has already written to Fadnavis to suspend Khalid. Other senior leaders too are reported to have expressed the opinion that the officer should be suspended in view of the fact that the Special Investigation Team (SIT), which is probing the May 13 collapse of a hoarding erected by Ego Media at a BPCL petrol pump on Eastern Express Highway, Ghatkopar (East) in which 17 people were crushed to death, has unearthed documentary evidence of financial dealings between Khalid’s wife Sumanna’s company and Ego Media.

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