In an uncommon case, a senior officer of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) was downgraded after a block set by the Union home service discovered errors in his physical wellness records. Maybe, this is the first run through ever lakh-solid CRPF that an officer of assessor general rank was rebuffed with downgrade.

The home service issued a request to downgrade S Sandhu, a CRPF framework officer at present posted as IG (operations) in Kashmir. He will now be posted as DIG at the CRPF central station in Delhi.

Addressing TOI, CRPF chief general Pranay Sahay stated, "After a request from the home service, the officer was downgraded."

Advancements in paramilitary powers are connected to wellness records. "The board constituted by the MHA looked into his physical wellness records and issued the request," said Sahay.

A CRPF officer is advanced just in the event that he is ensured as 'Shape 1', that is an abnormal state of physical wellness. Prior, a board of specialists had inspected Sandhu and discovered him ineligible for advancement, said a source.

After Sandhu tested the choice, the MHA set up a board, including a board of specialists from Delhi's Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, to analyze Sandhu's wellness records. The board confirmed Sandhu as fit for advancement with physical wellness fitting in with 'Shape 1' parameters. Subsequently, Sandhu was advanced as IG last September.

A source said the board did not consider Sandhu's past restorative records. "Five past sheets had discovered Sandhu unfit for advancement. However he was cleared by the board as fit," said the source.

As of late, the MHA seen errors in his therapeutic records. Union home secretary R K Singh set up an audit council headed by him. The board of trustees rethought RML Hospital's records and discovered him unfit. The MHA additionally sniffed out some negligence, said a source. At last, on Wednesday the MHA issued the uncommon request to downgrade the officer.