India, May 30 -- The state home department on Thursday relieved special inspector-general of police Jalinder Supekar of his additional charge as deputy inspector-general of the Nashik, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar and Nagpur divisions of the jail department. Supekar's original posting is IG (headquarters) of the jails department.

Supekar is the uncle of Shashank Hagawane, whose 23-year-old wife, Vaishali, died by suicide on May 16 due to alleged harassment by the Hagawane family for dowry. Social activist Anjali Damania has accused Supekar of trying to shield the accused in the case.

Addressing a press conference last week, Damania also alleged that Supekar had helped the Hagawanes get arms licences. "He had also helped Nilesh Chavan, a fr...