South Goa SP removed from her position after asking thanas to collect info on Bajrang Dal members
Panaji: South Goa Superintendent of Police (SP) Sunita Sawant was removed from her position late Monday night, hours after sending a wireless message to all police stations directing them to gather information on senior members and leaders of the Hindu right-wing group Bajrang Dal.
SP-level transfers are generally handled by the state government, but in this case, Sawant's transfer was communicated via wireless message by the Goa police, as reported by the Times of India on Wednesday.
Police stations began gathering information on Bajrang Dal members following an instruction from Sawant on Monday morning. When senior Bajrang Dal leaders became aware of this, they reportedly exerted pressure on the authorities to transfer her out of South Goa.
Later in the evening, Goa police issued a wireless message for Sawant to vacate her office, the report mentioned. She confirmed compliance with the order in a message sent later that night and was directed to report to the police headquarters.
Anti-narcotics cell SP Tikam Singh Verma has been appointed as the new South Goa SP.
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Mother arrested for killing five-month-old child in Tripura
Agartala (PTI): Tripura Police has arrested a woman for allegedly killing her five-month-old child in Sepahijala district, officials said on Monday.
Initial investigation revealed that Suchitra Debbarma (28) killed her infant to pave the way for her plan to elope with a man she had been in a relationship with for a year.
After receiving information from Suchitra's neighbours, a police team headed by officer-in-charge of Sonamura police station Tapas Das went to their house at Rampadapara on Sunday.
"We found the baby lying on a bed while her mother was missing. We took the child to Sonamura sub-divisional hospital, where doctors declared the baby dead. Post-mortem will be conducted soon," he said.
According to Das, Suchitra was later arrested from the village.
"Prima facie, it appeared that Suchitra strangled her child to death when her husband, Amit Debbarma, went out for work at a rubber plantation. During interrogation, she admitted that she wanted to kill the baby and elope with another man with whom she had an extramarital affair," he said.
