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...
Police action against helmet-less riders is in full swing in the rural areas this year. As against 843 riders getting fined for not wearing helmet in entire 2021, the police have fined 900 riders in just two months of 2022.
It may be mentioned here that 466 persons were killed in road accidents reported in Nagpur district last year. Of them, 176 deceased persons (37.78 per cent) were two-wheeler riders; 85 were pedestrians (18 per cent) and 110 were car or taxi drivers/occupants (23 per cent). A large number of victims were not wearing helmet during the time of mishap, police said.
Police Inspector (Traffic) Vijay Mahulkar said that road accidents could be prevented with enforcement of rules and awareness about traffic rules among citizens.
The traffic branch along with special teams of local police stations are conducting special drives in their jurisdictions. As against 13,311 car drivers challaned for not wearing seat-belt last year, the police have fined 6,587 persons for the same in just two months of this year. Similarly, as many as 1,735 vehicles were fined this year for excess passengers, he said.
Informing about the awareness campaign, Mahulkar said that the cops were conducting seminars in schools to make 2.75 lakh school students of standard VIII to XII aware about traffic rules and regulations. “The police are also visiting companies and urging the company managers to make it mandatory for labourers to wear helmets and seat-belts,” he further added.
Nagpur Rural SP Vijay Magar |
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