3 Policemen, Including PSI Suspended
HUBBALLI TIMES NEWS DESK
HUBBALLI: Hubballi-Dharwad police commissioner Labhu Ram has issued an order suspending a PSI and two constables of the South Traffic Police Station on charges of dereliction of duty.
The suspended cops are PSI Ravi Hadapad, constables Siddu and Manik Patted.
The police had taken auto driver Shankar to police station and seized his auto-rickshaw for the violation of the Covid guidelines. There, PSI Ravi Hadapad reportedly collected Rs. 5,200 fine from Shankar and handed over a receipt of Rs. 200. A video of this incident had reportedly gone viral.
Subsequently, Commissioner Labhu Ram had ordered DCP K. Ramarajan to conduct an inquiry of this incident and submit the report.
After assessing the report, Commissioner Labhu Ram issued the order suspending the trio.