Chhattisgarh IPS officer faces sedition charges for conspiracy against Government

• Chhattisgarh Police has filed a sedition case against GP Singh, an IPS officer- who was suspended earlier this week in a disproportionate assets case. This happened as raids took place at his residence by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) and Economic Offences Wing (EOW).

• According to the police, they stated that he was allegedly involved in promoting enmity and conspiring against government and public representatives.

• The former IPS officer was booked under IPC sections 124-A (sedition) and 153-A (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language, etc).

• The ACB and EOW conducted a 3 day search over 15 locations associated with GP Singh and discovered immovable assets woth ₹10 crore.