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Gujarat Government Mandates Preliminary Inquiry Before FIR Against Officials

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Gandhinagar, Feb 3 (IANS) The Gujarat government’s Home Department has issued a circular mandating that no police first information report (FIR) would be registered directly against a serving government officer or employee without a preliminary inquiry, officials said. According to the circular, if a complaint is received at a police station against a government officer or employee, the police will be required to conduct an initial verification of facts and circumstances instead of immediately r…