Daijiworld Media Network – Mangaluru (MS)
Mangaluru, Jan 6: City police commissioner N Shashi Kumar said that six police officers of the city, including a woman police sub inspector (PSI), are suspended for dereliction of duty in two separate cases.
The scribes questioned the city police commissioner in the wake of a video going viral on social media. Shashi Kumar gave details in response to their query and said that they are already kept under suspension.
Rosamma, PSI of Pandeshwar women police station was suspended for showing negligence in the inquiry of POCSO related case of a minor girl who was sexually harassed. The police head constable was the accused in this case. Later, he was arrested.
Police commissioner N Shashi Kumar
In another incident, two assistant sub inspectors, two head constables and one constable were suspended for consuming liquor in the station itself. Senior police officers conducted an investigation in this case. This occurred on August 26, 2021.
A video in which police are seen dancing in a women police station went viral on social media on Wednesday. Clarifying the video and the cases, Shashi Kumar said, “There is no relation between the video that has gone viral and the cases in which the police personnel are suspended. In this video officers and personnel were enjoying themselves on account of Dasara. We did not see anything wrong in that incident. So disciplinary action was not taken.”