In letter to Amit Shah, Mevani demands IPS officer’s suspension

In his missive to Shah, Mevani  said, “With his behaviour, particularly connected the contented of onshore rights to Dalits, Rajkumar Pandian has not conscionable misbehaved with an elected representative… helium has insulted the dignity, rights and esteem of 50 lakh Dalits of Gujarat. This is unquestionably unacceptable and intolerable,” helium added.  Mevani has posted the missive connected his societal media grip connected X.

Referring to Pandian’s jailhouse word successful transportation with  the lawsuit of fake encounter, Mevani stated, “…keeping successful caput the past of accusations against and consequential jailhouse word undergone by Pandian, I bash spot myself threatened.” Charged with fake encounter, Pandian was successful jailhouse for astir 7 years earlier helium was discharged.

“I americium compelled to accidental that if immoderate harm is done to me, my beingness and spot and/or the beingness and spot of my family, and/or to the beingness and spot of Shri Hitendra Pitadiya, and/or the beingness and spot of immoderate of my squad members/associates; successful immoderate specified case, Rajkumar Pandian should beryllium held responsible,” helium added.

Seeking termination of Pandian, Mevani claimed, “I americium convinced that specified a bureaucrat occupying an bureau of specified value would ever neglect to service the people, peculiarly the astir marginal, namely Dalits. I truthful commune that successful bid to clasp the sanctity and credibility of the Offices of the Police Department, you kindly  …give indispensable instructions to the acrophobic authorities to determination to terminate/suspend Rajkumar Pandian with contiguous effect.”

Meanwhile, Gujarat Congress leaders and Dalit assemblage members connected Wednesday gathered extracurricular the DGP bureau successful Gandhinagar and staged a protest, seeking the suspension of Pandian. Shouting slogans against Pandian, hundreds of radical led by Mevani and elder Congress leaders, including Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) president Shaktisinh Gohil and enactment MLAs, gathered extracurricular the ‘Police Bhavan’.

“Anti-social elements person grabbed 20,000 bigha of onshore (1 bigha is 17,427 sq ft) belonging to Dalits, but IPS serviceman Pandian does not person the courageousness to get their onshore freed …When we went with an appeal, the IPS serviceman tried to suppress our voice…” said Mevani.

Talking to PTI, Pandian called the allegations “baseless,” and asserted the authorities constabulary springiness owed value to the payment and information of weaker sections of society, including Dalits and tribals.

A delegation of elder Congress leaders besides met DGP Vikas Sahay and submitted a memorandum, accusing Pandian of “absolutely unacceptable, improper and deplorable behaviour”.

(With inputs from PTI)