Bengaluru: Two policemen suspended for harassing couple at midnight, extorting bribe from them
Bengaluru: City Police on Sunday suspended two of its officers from the department for extorting money from a couple after harassing them late at night on December 8.
According to the reports, head constable of Sampigehalli Police Station Rajesh, and constable Nagesh were on patrolling duty on Hoysala Cars when they stopped a couple who were returning home after attending a ceremony at their friend’s house.
The two men on duty reportedly asked for the couple’s documents and harassed them before extorting one thousand rupees from them.
The victim, Karthik had tweeted about the harassment and had sought action against the two police constables for harassing them at midnight and for extorting money from them.
DCP Dr. Anoop Shetty, on Sunday said the two constables have been suspended and an enquiry has been initiated against them in the wake of the incident.
The two constables had asked the couple where they were travelling at night and had demanded to check their documents.
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Elderly man dies after part of slab falls on him in Mumbai
Mumbai (PTI): A 75-year-old man died after some portion of a slab in a two-storey residential structure collapsed on him in Mumbai's Bhandup area on Saturday morning, officials said.
The incident occurred at Tulshipada in Patkar Compound of Bhandup West around 9.45 am, they said.
"The victim, identified as Susai Daevdas Kaunder, was injured when some part of the slab on the upper floor of a two-storey structure fell on him," a civic official said.
He was immediately taken to nearby Navkaar Hospital, where he was declared dead, the official said.
