Mangaluru lady cop suspended for attending rave party in Hassan
Mangaluru, Apr 17: A woman head constable attached to the Cyber, Economic and Narcotics (CEN) police station here has been suspended for allegedly taking part in a rave party recently at a resort in Hassan district.
City police commissioner N Shashi Kumar told reporters here on Saturday that the head constable has been suspended for "misuse of power."
She had allegedly claimed to the raid team at the resort that she was from the crime branch department in Mangaluru.
The commissioner said she also reportedly argued with the police officers who conducted the raid at the resort.
Senior police officials will hold a probe into the issue, Kumar said.
A police team had conducted a raid on a rave party at a resort at Honkaravalli in Alur taluk of Hassan district in the early hours of April 12.
Several youths from Bengaluru, Mangaluru and Udupi had attended the party, which was held violating all Covid-19 guidelines, police sources said.
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Sex racket busted in Navi Mumbai; two girls rescued, one man arrested
Thane (PTI): Two minor girls were rescued after a prostitution racket was busted in Navi Mumbai, a police official said on Monday.
On a tip off about one Harish running a flesh trade racket, the Navi Mumbai Crime Branch started a probe on February 20, the official said.
"A decoy customer was sent to verify the information, following which a trap was laid in front of a hotel in Sector 11. The Anti Human Trafficking Cell nabbed Harish Vikas Chhari, a resident of Koparkhairane, while his associate Raj Singh is on the run. Two minor girls were rescued," the CBD Belapur police station official said.
A case has been registered under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, the official added.
