Shimla, Oct. 22 -- Even after a specially constituted medical board confirmed the genuineness of a Himachal Pradesh Police Service (HPS) Officer's spinal ailment, he is still awaiting the credit of his salary. After the confirmation by th board, the Ministry of Home Affairs of the state directed the police department to release his salary, which had been put on hold.

Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Vijay Kumar, still waiting for his salary to be released, has been undergoing treatment for coccydynia, a condition involving pain in the tailbone or coccyx. This brings fresh scrutiny to the handling of his medical and service-related complaints.

Kumar is an HPPS officer of the 2022 batch. The medical board at Indira Gandhi Medical Col...