Police Constable suspended for posing in PSI uniform before his recruitment orders were released
Bengaluru: A constable attached to the Vivek Nagar Police Station here, has been suspended for allegedly posing for a picture wearing the uniform of PSI even before the recruitment order was released.
Karibasanagouda was posted at Vivek Nagar Police Station as a constable and had secured 27th rank in the provisional selection list of 545 Police Sub-Inspectors (PSI).
However, before the order was released of his recruitment as PSI, he posed in the uniform of PSI with two stars attached on the shoulders of the uniform, following which DCP Central Division MN Anucheth suspended the constable for violating police rules.
A resident of Gudasalakoppa village of Haveri Taluk, Karibasanagouda also reportedly took part in an event in his village where he was sitting on the stage wearing the uniform of PSI. Pictures and videos pertaining to him posing in a PSI uniform went viral on social media platforms before the Central Division DCP issued his suspension orders.
Several banners and flex were also erected in his village with his picture in uniform, congratulating him for his selection as PSI.
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Primary accused in 96.6 pc POCSO cases were close acquaintances: NCRB
New Delhi (PTI): In 96.6 per cent of 44,126 cases of sexual abuse of minors, close acquaintances have emerged as the primary offenders, according to the latest data released by the NCRB.
In its report 'Crime in India 2024' released by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), 44,126 total cases have been registered under the Prevention of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act under Sections 4 and 6 which pertain to penetrative sexual assault on minors during the year across the country.
The figures present a grim picture as close acquaintances emerged as primary accused in 42,634 (around 96.6 per cent) of the 44,126 total cases falling in that category, according to the latest NCRB data.
The data shows that family members were involved in 3,658 cases, while family friends, neighbours, employers or other known persons were named in 16,668 cases.
The largest share came from friends, online friends or live-in partners acting on the pretext of marriage, with 22,308 cases.
Cases where the offender was unknown or not identified stood at mere 1,492, or 3.4 per cent of the total.
Among states, Tamil Nadu reported the highest number of POCSO cases at 5,320, followed by Maharashtra at 4,829 and Madhya Pradesh at 3,721. Uttar Pradesh was next with 3,671 cases.
In Union territories, Delhi accounted for the highest number of cases at 1,038, followed by Jammu and Kashmir at 228 and Puducherry at 82. The Andaman and Nicobar Islands reported 77 cases.
The data also shows that Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, Tripura and several Union territories, including Chandigarh, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, Lakshadweep, Ladakh and Puducherry, reported 100 per cent of cases involving known offenders.
