Five ex-AIS officers booked on woman's complaint

Police have booked five former All India Services officers of undivided Andhra Pradesh in a court referred matter based on a woman's complaint that one of them had victimised her by getting a "false" case registered against her earlier. Following a local court's direction, the case was registered on January 9 at the Saifabad police station here under various IPC sections including 120 B (criminal conspiracy) and 193 (false evidence) against three former IAS officers and two IPS officials based on the complaint, police said on Tuesday.

A senior police official said the woman had filed the complaint stating that a false case was registered against her and police had arrested her based on false complaints. She also claimed that when she put up a petition before the Centre, false reports were submitted by the former IAS officers and two IPS officials.

According to the official, the woman alleged that a former IAS officer used his official position to victimise her by getting a "false" case registered against her and that she was harassed by him through false evidence and accusations due to which she had to suffer..