Palghar lynching — Police to SC: One staffer dismissed, two retired, pay cut for 15

Police check out the automobile that was once attacked in Gadchinchle village. (Report)

Maharashtra Police has instructed the Best Court docket that it brushed aside one among its team of workers, compulsorily retired two others and lowered the pay to minimal for 15 others in reference to the Palghar lynching of 2 sadhus and their driving force on April 16.

In a sworn statement filed within the best court docket, which is listening to petitions in search of impartial probe into the crime, the state police stated it had filed two chargesheets towards 126 accused individuals.

A departmental inquiry was once additionally ordered towards the police team of workers “who’ve been prima-facie discovered negligent and derelict within the efficiency in their tasks in dealing with the incident and combating the fee of crime at and across the time of aforesaid incident”.

“After taking into consideration their replies to the display purpose understand and after listening to them, the Particular Inspector Normal of Police, Kon-kan Vary, has issued ultimate Order on 21.08.2020 implementing punishment upon the antisocial police team of workers,” the affidavit stated. Accordingly, one Assistant Police Inspector has been brushed aside, one Assistant Police Sub Inspector and one police driving force compulsorily retired from carrier, and pay lowered to minimal for various classes for one Sub Inspector, one Head Constable and 13 Police Constables, the affidavit added.

The 3 sufferers from Mumbai have been going to wait a funeral in Surat amid the lockdown when their automobile was once stopped and so they have been attacked by way of a mob in Gadchinchile village at the night time of April 16 allegedly within the presence of police.

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