K'taka: Inspector, PSI suspended following arrest of constables selling drugs near CM's residence
Bengaluru top-cop issues memo to two DCPs for dereliction of duty
Bengaluru: Following the arrest of two police constables deployed for CM security over their involvement in drug peddling, the City Police Commissioner has also suspended two other officers including an inspector for dereliction of duty.
The city's top-cop Kamal Pant has also issued a show-cause memo to two DCPs in the matter.
RT Nagar Police Inspector Ashwadh Gowda and PSI Veerbhadra have been suspended from the duty pending enquiry.
Additionally, the Commissioner has also issued a memo to Bengaluru East DCP Srinath Joshi seeking a reply on deploying the accused constables at CM's residence without history-checking them before clearing for deployment. CM Security personnel's supervisor and VIP DCP Manjunath has also been served the memo seeking a reply for dereliction of duty.]
On Tuesday, the city police had arrested two constables deputed for the security of CM Bommai for peddling drugs near the CM’s official residence in the city. They were also reportedly extorting money from drug peddlers.
The arrested policemen have been identified as Shivakumar and Santosh. They were attached to the Koramangala Police Station and were deputed as the security officers at CM’s residence in RT Nagar.
“The policemen used Dunzo, a parcel service, to procure the drugs. They used to find a location near the chief minister’s house to conduct sales so nobody would suspect them,” Hindustan Times reported one of the police officials privy to the matter, as saying.
According to the reports, the matter came to light when the two cops got into a heated argument with the supplier. When the fight got louder, other policemen arrived and checked the two constables and found drugs on them.
The two constables later confessed to the crime. “The drug dealers working with the constables were identified as Amjad Khan and Akhil Raj. They have been taken into custody,” said police.
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Odisha: Two girls drown while bathing in village pond
Berhampur (Odisha) (PTI): Two girls drowned while bathing in a village pond in Odisha's Ganjam district on Tuesday, police said.
The deceased were identified as Pranjali Dora (11), a class 6 student, and Manini Dora (12), a student of class 7, both residents of Patanda village in Digapahandi police station area, a police officer said.
After returning home from school, they went to the village pond to take a bath like every other day. However, they slipped and fell into deep waters. Locals noticed them drowning and tried to rescue them but failed, he said.
Fire brigade personnel from Digapahandi retrieved the girls after a two-hour search and they were rushed to a nearby community health centre, where doctors declared them dead, Digapahandi police station officer-in-charge Kishor Kumar Samal said.
He said the bodies have been handed over to the respective families after conducting post-mortem examinations at MKCG Medical College and Hospital here.
He said unnatural death cases have been registered and an investigation launched.
