Kadaba: Dakshina Kannada Superintendent of Police Laxmi Prasad on Saturday ordered suspension of an Assistant Police Sub Inspector (ASI) posted at Kadaba Police Station for alleged dereliction of duty while receiving a complaint in a case of acid attack on woman.

The suspended officer has been identified as Chandrashekhar.

In a reported incident Jayanand Kotari (55) a resident of Kodimbala village had allegedly attacked his brother’s widow with acid, when the incident was reported to the police station, Chandrashekhar allegedly did not entertain the complaint, which led to his suspension on charges of dereliction of duty.

The action from Laxmi Prasad was prompted by a report submitted by Puttur Dy.SP Dinakar Shetty, who had conducted initial enquiry into the matter.

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New Delhi (PTI): The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday raided the premises of retired IAS officer and former Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) secretary Ramesh Abhishek as part of a disproportionate assets linked money laundering probe against him, official sources said.

The ED case stems from a recent CBI FIR registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) against the 1982-batch officer. He was raided by the CBI in February.

Abhishek retired in 2019 from the DPIIT (erstwhile Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion).

The ED is searching the premises of Abhishek as part of a money laundering investigation, the sources said.

The CBI had alleged in its FIR that Abhishek enriched himself "illicitly" after retirement by receiving "huge amounts" as consultation fee from private companies whose matters he had dealt while in service.

The CBI and ED have also booked his daughter Vanessa.

The retired officer also held the post of chairman, Forward Markets Commission, and the CBI case was booked against him on a reference from anti-corruption ombudsman Lokpal.

The Lokpal has alleged that the father-daughter duo received big amounts as professional fee from various entities and organisations with whom the former IAS officer had official dealings as the secretary or the chairman.