By Dheeraj Fartode Shocking allegations of misconduct have emerged against a police officer in Nagpur City Police. The officer is accused of abusive and degrading behaviour, particularly targeting accused in Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. Sources claim that the senior officer arrives at the police station and calls the accused into a separate room, where the officer not only hurls abuse at the accused but also spits at their face. Later, the officer allegedly kicks the accused in the private parts. In some incidents, when a couple approached a police station in Nagpur to file a complaint following a domestic dispute, the police sent a proposal for preventive action to the officer. However, instead of handling the matter professionally, the officer allegedly made the man sit down, then kicked him in the private parts and leave him in pain and humiliation. The behaviour of the high ranked official have raised questions about the professionalism of law enforcemen...
By Dheeraj Fartode
The transfers and promotions of more than 70 senior Police officers in Maharahstra, due on May 31 as per annual calendar, are now likely to take place only in the second week of June, thanks to various factors including the purposeful red-tape that operates in the highest quarters in the Home Department.‘The Hitavada’ has learnt from reliable sources that the files regarding transfers and promotions have reached the offices of the Home Minister and thence of the Chief Minister and are pending clearance.
Though these highly placed sources refused to reveal the reasons for the delay, ‘The Hitavada’ has learnt reliably that extra-professional considerations have weighed more than administrative ones. Some sources also did not rule out ‘political’ considerations, thanks to pressures from interested parties or persons in high places.
Included in the list of delayed transfers and promotions are 5-6 officers who are slated to be elevated to the rank of Additional Directors General (ADG) of Police; 8-10 officers slated to rise to the positions of Special Inspectors General (SIG) of Police; and about 12 officers waiting for promotions as Deputy Inspectors General (DIG) of Police, it is learnt.
This delay is not a new phenomenon in the State, however. Such delays have taken place on quite a few times in the past some years, highly placed anonymous sources have revealed. Most such delays can be attributed to political pressures. This year’s delay can be attributed to ensuing elections to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly as well as Lok Sabha due next year. ‘The Hitavada’ has learnt that attempts of Police top brass to avoid delays were frustrated by political pressure groups in the past few weeks.
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