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| The Minister, who was upset with Sangeeta Kalia asked her to leave the meeting after a heated argument. (Video below) |
November 27, 2015, NewsCrunch
Haryana's young IPS officer Sangeeta Kalia showed her mettle on Friday by staying firm during a confrontation with Health Minister Anil Vij.
The Minister, who was upset with the Fatehabad SP asked her to leave the meeting after a heated argument. When she refused, he himself left the room.
The five-time MLA Anil Vij has a clean but a controversial record. He accused Sangeeta of taking a casual approach to curb liquor smuggling at the Punjab border. She said she had registered 2,500 cases but could not do much as arrested criminals secured bail and went back to smuggling, reports IANS.
That is when Anil Vij lost his temper.
Sangeeta, is a well-known officer in Haryana and is often cited as an inspiration story.
She is a daughter of a painter, who worked for the police department. Her father had worked in Fatehabad district painting the very building she presides over now, reports The Tribune.
She joined the service the year her father retired, 2010.
She started writing UPSC exam in 2005 and got into railways in her second attempt, which she did not join. She wrote again and successfully got into the police.
By becoming a police officer, she not only fulfilled her father's dream but also her own.
When she was teen she was an avid watcher of Udhaan and was inspired by actress Kavita Chaudhary who played an IPS officer in the TV soap.
Video: IPS officer Sangeeta Kalia confronting with Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij
Certainly not the way a Minister deals with an IPS officer, that too a lady pic.twitter.com/a5fPVrMq3i Her dad was a Painter in Hary Police!— Chandru (@ChandrusWeb) November 27, 2015