IG Murugan relieved, joins EOW

Though the government issued the transfer order on June 1, he continued in the DVAC for nearly three-and-a-half months as joint director, raising many eyebrows. Murugan is facing a probe after a woman officer accused him of sexual harassment a year ago.

The harassment probe against Murugan has been shifted to the Telangana police department by Madras High Court in the last week of August after the victim had complained that the IG was influencing the Internal Complaints Committee (ICC). The court also ordered that a senior woman police officer from Telangana must lead the investigation and added that the report must be submitted in six months.After the woman SP lodged a complaint the Tamil Nadu police department re-constituted an ICC. She also filed a petition in the High Court seeking criminal action against Murugan and asking for his transfer from DVAC as she feared that he could influence the inquiry.