Dereliction of guard duty at RBI: 12 policemen suspended

Deputy Commissioner of Police Sandeep Jadhav (Local Arms II), confirmed to The Indian Express that 12 policemen were suspended. He, however, refused to stock details.

According to sources successful the constabulary department, Local Arms II was liable to allocate 48 policemen astatine the aged gathering of the RBI and 32 constables astatine the caller building. Constable Mahendra Sangle was moving arsenic institution karkun of institution A successful the Local Arms II portion different policeman Kamlesh More worked arsenic his assistant. Their occupation is to allocate day-to-day duties to different policemen and are expected to instrumentality permission applications successful writing.

“As Sangle was connected permission from September 19 to September 25, More was handling his work. On Sunday, the defender duties astatine important establishments were allocated to them. The policemen were expected to study to their allocated duties from Monday,” an serviceman from the Local Arms said.

However, arsenic 10 policemen did not study to enactment astatine the old  gathering and 4 did not crook up astatine the caller gathering of the cardinal slope connected Monday, RBI officials reached retired to the Mumbai Police to inquire erstwhile it came to airy that immoderate policemen failed to travel the “duty chart” issued connected Sunday.

During an inquiry, it was revealed that constables Popat Gujle, Suraj Madhne, Vaibhav Narbat, Shubham Mali, Dikshant Alte, Madhukar Todkar, Krushna Khand, Sandeep Patil, Sandesh Powar, Shrinivas Phalke and Hiralal Patil did not study to work. Later erstwhile the adjunct institution karkoon reached retired to them, the constables informed them that they were successful their respective autochthonal spot and Sangle knew astir it.

The constables who did not study to enactment claimed that they near for their autochthonal places aft informing Sangle.

“All the institution karkuns person been instructed to instrumentality each permission exertion successful writing. All the policemen are expected to pass earlier leaving the metropolis limits. However, nary of the 11 policemen submitted a permission exertion and were not granted immoderate leave. Sangle was besides held liable arsenic helium deliberately concealed the information and committed the misdemeanor for his ain benefit,” said an officer.

As it appears that the 11 constables and their institution karkun Sangle person been “lax and negligent successful their duties”, each 12 were suspended from the Mumbai Police and a departmental enquiry was ordered against them arsenic per the provisions of Rule 3 of the Mumbai Police (Punishment and Appeals) Rules, 1956, the bid stated.

The policemen person been directed to not prosecute successful immoderate backstage employment oregon business. They person besides been told to study to the elder constabulary inspector (admin) regular on with attending their play carnal grooming connected Friday.