Madhya Pradesh Govt Suspends Senior IPS Officer Who Was Seen Brutally Beating His Wife In Viral Video

He was issued a show-notice by the state home department which had asked to submit his reply by 5 pm on Tuesday.

New Delhi: Madhya Pradesh government has suspended senior IPS officer Purushottam Sharma over the viral video where he was seen beating his wife, officials have said. He was issued a show-notice by the state home department which had asked to submit his reply by 5 pm on Tuesday. However, his reply to the notice was found unsatisfactory and as a result he has been suspended from the post of special director general with immediate effect, Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) Home Dr Rajesh Rajora was quoted as saying by news agency PTI. On Monday, the shocking video went viral where he was seen brutally beating his wife with whom he has been married for 32 years. As per the showcause notice, his actions were in violation of the All India Services rules and therefore, he was directed to give his clarification on why disciplinary action should not be taken against him.

After the video went viral, Purushottam Sharma who is a 1986  batch IPS officer had said, "This is a family matter, not a crime...I am not a criminal. My wife stalks me wherever I go. I am dealing with this." The incident took place after Sharma was confronted by his wife over his relation with a local news anchor. The anchor has filed a police complaint against the wife and son of the IPS officer, accusing them of tarnishing her reputation. She has claimed that Sharma's wife made a video-recording of her bedroom when Sharma had once visited her, which was made viral on social media by Sharma's son, making "baseless allegations" against her. "DG Saab (Sharma) is like my father and he used to call me 'beta'," she said. Sharma's son Parth, who is a deputy commissioner in the Income Tax Department, sent the video of Sharma attacking his mother to state Home Minister Narottam Mishra and some senior bureaucrats, and requested that a complaint be registered against his father. The state women's commission has summoned Sharma on October five and also directed it to provide security to his wife. Watch | MP: Woman Commission takes cognizance of DG's viral video case