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CHANDIGARH: Indian women Twenty20 captain and Arjuna awardee Harmanpreet Kaur has been caught on a sticky wicket. She is likely to lose her job as deputy superintendent of police (DSP) in Punjab as the police verification has found her graduation degree to be bogus.
A Moga native, Harmanpreet had joined the Punjab police as DSP on March 1. The Punjab police have now found her “testimonials not to be correct.” It is learnt that the police department has sent its proposal to the home department headed by chief minister Amarinder Singh, saying that Harmanpreet could not continue as a DSP because of the lack of a genuine graduation degree.
Confirming the issue, DGP (administration) MK Tiwari told TOI, “Harmanpreet had produced the graduation degree conferred on her purportedly by the Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut.
‘Got DSP rank for cricketing achievements’
When the commandant of the Punjab Armed Police in Jalandhar sent the degree for verification, the Meerut university replied that this registration number does not exist.” He said facts of the case have been sent to the state government, which is the appointing authority, for action.
When contacted on her mobile, Harmanpreet said, “I don’t know who has told you this. Waise to aisa kuch ha nahi (There is nothing like this).” Asked when did she complete her graduation and in which subjects, and whether her degree was genuine, she refused to reply and said, “I can only talk to you after talking to my department.”
The police department has submitted that Harmanpreet got the DSP rank because of her cricketing achievements, but her education qualification is not commensurate with the DSP’s post as per the laid down rules. Therefore, Harmanpreet had to leave the post. However, she could claim the DSP rank as and when she becomes eligible.
After her performance in the Women’s Cricket World Cup last year, Capt Amarinder Singh had offered DSP’s post to Harmanpreet. But she was then employed with the Western Railways after signing a five-year bond. Though Harmanpreet had tendered her resignation last year, she was not relieved because she had to pay back five years’ salary if she left the job before completion of the bond term. Since Harmanpreet had only completed three years of service, Amarinder had taken up her case with railway minister Piyush Goyal so that she could join the Punjab Police.
This is not the first such case in the Punjab Police. In February, Amarinder had ordered removal of the 2010-Commonwealth Games gold medallist and two-time Asian Games (2010 and 2014) gold medalist in 4 x 400 m relay
Mandeep Kaur
from DSP’s post. She was appointed by the SAD-BJP government in 2016. Mandeep had submitted her graduation degree purportedly acquired from an institute recognised by the Sikkim University. But the state police verification had found that Mandeep had never remained a student under the Sikkim University.
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A Moga native, Harmanpreet had joined the Punjab police as DSP on March 1. The Punjab police have now found her “testimonials not to be correct.” It is learnt that the police department has sent its proposal to the home department headed by chief minister Amarinder Singh, saying that Harmanpreet could not continue as a DSP because of the lack of a genuine graduation degree.
Confirming the issue, DGP (administration) MK Tiwari told TOI, “Harmanpreet had produced the graduation degree conferred on her purportedly by the Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut.
‘Got DSP rank for cricketing achievements’
When the commandant of the Punjab Armed Police in Jalandhar sent the degree for verification, the Meerut university replied that this registration number does not exist.” He said facts of the case have been sent to the state government, which is the appointing authority, for action.
When contacted on her mobile, Harmanpreet said, “I don’t know who has told you this. Waise to aisa kuch ha nahi (There is nothing like this).” Asked when did she complete her graduation and in which subjects, and whether her degree was genuine, she refused to reply and said, “I can only talk to you after talking to my department.”
The police department has submitted that Harmanpreet got the DSP rank because of her cricketing achievements, but her education qualification is not commensurate with the DSP’s post as per the laid down rules. Therefore, Harmanpreet had to leave the post. However, she could claim the DSP rank as and when she becomes eligible.
After her performance in the Women’s Cricket World Cup last year, Capt Amarinder Singh had offered DSP’s post to Harmanpreet. But she was then employed with the Western Railways after signing a five-year bond. Though Harmanpreet had tendered her resignation last year, she was not relieved because she had to pay back five years’ salary if she left the job before completion of the bond term. Since Harmanpreet had only completed three years of service, Amarinder had taken up her case with railway minister Piyush Goyal so that she could join the Punjab Police.
This is not the first such case in the Punjab Police. In February, Amarinder had ordered removal of the 2010-Commonwealth Games gold medallist and two-time Asian Games (2010 and 2014) gold medalist in 4 x 400 m relay
Mandeep Kaur
from DSP’s post. She was appointed by the SAD-BJP government in 2016. Mandeep had submitted her graduation degree purportedly acquired from an institute recognised by the Sikkim University. But the state police verification had found that Mandeep had never remained a student under the Sikkim University.
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