Service Benefits to Missing CRPF Constable’s Father Cannot Be Denied for Want of Lodging Separate FIR: Telangana High Court

The Telangana High Court has ruled that the father of a CRPF Constable, M. Srikanth, who went missing during training, cannot be denied service or pensionary benefits merely because he did not lodge a separate missing complaint. The court quashed the ex parte removal of the constable from service and directed the authorities to process benefits for his legal heirs. The petition was filed by Shri M. Appa Rao, father…