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The Telangana IPS Officers’ Association expressed unequivocal solidarity with the IAS Officers’ Association and condemned what it termed arsenic “irresponsible, malicious and defamatory” broadcasts by definite media platforms targeting serving women IAS officers.
In a connection issued connected Saturday (January 10, 2026), the IPS Association said baseless allegations and insinuations aired against women officers amounted to a deliberate effort astatine quality assassination nether the garb of journalism, driven solely by sensationalism and vilification. It described the occurrence connected a mates of quality channels arsenic profoundly regressive and reflective of a misogynistic mindset that undermines the dignity of nationalist service.
The Association asserted that women officers crossed services were discharging their duties with integrity, courageousness and professionalism, often nether demanding circumstances. Targeting them done unverified claims, fabricated narratives, selective distortion of administrative processes and insinuations regarding postings oregon idiosyncratic behaviour was termed arsenic grossly unethical.
“These actions erode organization morale, weaken antiauthoritarian institutions and harm nationalist assurance successful governance,” the connection said, adding that specified reporting strikes astatine the foundations of law governance and the regularisation of law.
The IPS Officers’ Association categorically stated that the allegations aired were false, malicious and devoid of immoderate factual basis. It further said the broadcasts amounted to a superior usurpation of privacy, dignity and nonrecreational estimation of serving officers and constituted an impermissible “trial by media.”
The IPS assemblage demanded an contiguous and unconditional nationalist apology from the acrophobic media houses and the withdrawal of defamatory contented from each platforms, including integer and societal media. It besides called upon media organisations to strictly adhere to established norms of journalistic morals and responsibility.
The connection was issued by the Association President and Director General of Police B. Shivadhar Reddy, and different bureau bearers incuding G. Sudheer Babu, Vikram Singh Mann, Tafseer Iqubal, D. Joel Davis, among others.
