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...
Five deaths in two major fatal accidents on Shaheed Gowari and Sakkardara fly-over within a fortnight raises a question mark on traffic management and safety measures on these bridges. Lane cutting, overtaking, overspeeding, using mobile while driving are regular rule violations on the city over-bridges by negligent drivers. In fact, the deterrent of law is the main factor as violators are going scot free even after snuffing out lives. In the past eight months, 13 persons were killed and 18 injured seriously in various accidents reported on fly-overs in the city, according to data compiled by traffic police. A police official privy to the investigations of the two fatalities said that two things were common in recent these two major accidents -- first thing was the vehicles were driven at great break-neck speed and second was the height of the parapet wall, it was not enough to save the bike riders falling from the bridge. In the Sakkardara bridge case, the negligent car dri...