Probe against policeman who slapped junior

Times of India: Pune: Tuesday, 06 May 2014.

Two days after the Shivajinagar police registered a non-cognizable complaint against a sub-inspector for allegedly slapping a woman constable, city police commissioner Satish Mathur has ordered an inquiry into the incident.

Joint commissioner of police Sanjeev Kumar said that the deputy commissioner of police (headquarters) will conduct an inquiry and submit its report as soon as possible.

Kumar said that sub-inspector Macchindra Shinde and the woman constable were subjected to medical examination to determine her charges that he was drunk and had slapped her. The medical reports are awaited, he said, adding that the constable has filed 150 RTI applications for seeking various kind of information from the police commissionerate. The Shivajinagar police had booked Shinde under section 510 (misconduct in public by drunk person) of the Indian Penal Code on May 3.

In her complaint, the woman constable had said that Shinde was in an inebriated condition when the incident took place at the entrance of the police headquarters on Saturday night.

She had filed an RTI application in February asking if a sub-inspector can occupy a quarter in the police colony meant for constables. Shinde, who was occupying a flat, had to vacate it after the application.

The complaint states that Shinde had stopped her at the entrance of the headquarters to ask her the reason for the RTI application. When she did not respond, Shinde again asked her before slapping her. tnn