Chandigarh, Feb. 9 -- The Police Complaints Authority, Chandigarh, has directed the Chandigarh SSP to take departmental action against sub-inspector (SI) Alam Chand for misusing his authority while lodging an FIR in an alleged case of car key theft.

The PCA found that SI Alam Chand acted in undue haste, failed to verify facts and favoured the opposite party, resulting in serious misconduct.

The matter had come to fore in August 2018, following a complaint by Tarminder Singh Chaudhary, a resident of Sector 22.

The complainant alleged that the FIR under Sections 379 (theft) and 34 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) was registered to pressure him into withdrawing two previous FIRs (No. 456 dated December 1, 2017, and No. 180 dated May 9, 2018...