Mysore/Mysuru: Southern Range IGP Vipul Kumar has placed Bettadapura (Periyapatna) Sub-Inspector P. Lokesh under suspension and the order to this respect was issued yesterday. The IGP had received many complaints against the officer and following this he had ordered a probe.
Following complaints from farmers about illegal stone quarrying at Kesuvinakere Kolimane Survey Number 34, Dalit activist Annaiah and journalist H.D. Ramesh, in the month of February this year, had been to the quarry site to look into the issue and report the same to senior Police officers.
