POCSO case against innocent men:M’luru court orders 3 cops to pay Rs 5 lakh fine to bereaved parties
Mangaluru: Finding three senior police officers guilty of having registered a POCSO case against innocent persons, the District Additional and POCSO Special Court ordered that they pay the victims a compensation of Rs 5 lakh.
The court has said it was dereliction of duty on the part of Circle Inspector Lokesh AC and Sub-inspectors Shrikala and Pushparani to register cases against innocent persons – manual workers Chandrappa and Prasad – without any substantial evidence, thereby providing protection to the guilty. The police officers failed to duly investigate the POCSO case by questioning the witnesses and checking the available documents and proofs. They have also submitted before the court false information and fake documents regarding the case, all of which are acts of dereliction, the bench added.
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The three officers have been instructed to pay Chandrappa, who has been declared innocent, Rs 4 lakh and Prasad Rs 1 lakh within 40 days. The fine will have to be paid in court, said Justice KM Radhakrishna, who heard the case.
The court has sent the details of the POCSO case, including judgment, to the chief secretary of the state government and the Mangaluru city police commissioner and asked them to take legal action against the defaulting police officials.
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Delhi: Couple held for stealing cash, valuables from elderly people travelling in e-rickshaws
New Delhi (PTI): A couple has been arrested for allegedly stealing cash or valuables from elderly passengers travelling in e-rickshaws in west Delhi's Moti Nagar area, police said on Sunday.
The accused has been identified as Suresh (25) and his wife, the police said, adding that they were apprehended after an investigation into the theft of Rs 1 lakh from a 60-year-old passenger earlier this week.
According to the police, the complainant, a resident of Kirti Nagar, had hired an e-rickshaw from a showroom on Shivaji Marg on May 13.
The man was carrying a small bag containing Rs 1 lakh cash. After reaching his destination, he found that the bag had been torn and the cash was missing, they said.
An e-FIR was registered at Moti Nagar police station on May 14 and an investigation was launched. A team analysed CCTV footage from the route taken by the complainant and identified the e-rickshaw allegedly used in the crime.
"Using technical surveillance and local inputs, the accused couple was traced and apprehended," a senior police officer said.
During interrogation, the accused allegedly disclosed that they used to target elderly passengers travelling in e-rickshaws and steal cash and valuables from their bags during transit without raising suspicion.
Police recovered Rs 90,000 of the stolen amount from the possession of the accused along with the e-rickshaw used in the commission of the offence.
"The accused had no previous criminal involvement on record. Further investigation is underway to ascertain whether the couple was involved in other similar theft cases targeting passengers and senior citizens in different parts of the city," the police officer added.
