Decorated South Goa SP removed in late-night order, Congress draws a Bajrang Dal link

“I bash not cognize anything. I person performed my duties successful a nonrecreational manner. I was asked to relinquish the complaint and study astatine the headquarters, truthful I person done that. I person simply followed orders,” Sawant said.

“The infinitesimal the SP began collecting accusation astir Bajrang Dal leaders successful Goa, the authorities panicked and instantly transferred her,” said authorities Congress president Amit Patkar. “This intelligibly shows that the BJP is not funny successful governance but successful shielding its ideological allies and suppressing officers who execute their work with integrity.”

Patkar alleged the “hasty transfer” was yet different “glaring illustration of however the BJP-RSS ideology is interfering with the medication to support its divisive agenda”.

Bajrang Dal’s Goa convenor Viraj Desai said helium did not person immoderate accusation astir the SP’s transportation oregon whether the constabulary were seeking immoderate accusation astir his outfit’s members. “Bajrang Dal’s sanction is being needlessly dragged into this. We are not acrophobic oregon progressive successful departmental affairs of the police,” helium said.

Sawant’s transportation came 2 days aft she received a “special designation award” from Governor P S Sreedharan Pillai for “accurate readying and improvement of information forces, static surveillance teams and flying squads and playing a cardinal relation successful ensuring bid during Lok Sabha 2024 elections successful the state”. She was besides selected for the President’s Medal for Distinguished Service past year.

After graduating with a Bachelor’s grade successful chemistry from Dhempe College successful 1989, Sawant taught astatine a schoolhouse for a little play earlier joining the constabulary successful 1990 arsenic a sub-inspector. As an inspector, she was among the constabulary officers who investigated the intersexual battle lawsuit against erstwhile Tehelka editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal. In 2014, she was promoted to Deputy Superintendent of Police.

Patkar alleged the constabulary were being manipulated to service the BJP’s governmental interests alternatively of upholding the law. “This is thing but an enactment of intimidation against an honorable serviceman who was simply doing her job. The BJP authorities has erstwhile again exposed itself arsenic an enabler of lawlessness, ensuring that nary enactment is taken against fringe elements that endanger Goa’s communal harmony,” helium said.

“What is the authorities trying to hide? Why is it acrophobic of a just probe into Bajrang Dal leaders? This transportation is impervious that the instrumentality enforcement agencies successful Goa are being utilized arsenic specified puppets of the BJP to safeguard its mendacious narrative,” helium added. The BJP and the authorities person not yet responded to the allegations.

The Bajrang Dal, the younker helping of the VHP, played a salient relation successful the Ram Janmabhoomi question for gathering a Ram temple successful Ayodhya. The outfit was banned successful the aftermath of the demolition but the prohibition was revoked a twelvemonth later. The Bajrang Dal has been accused galore times implicit the years of harassing spiritual minorities implicit issues of “illegal conversion” and “love jihad”.