JARIPATKA Police booked its In-charge Senior Inspector Khushal Tijare, Assistant Police Inspector Vijay Dhumal and five constables, attached to Detection Branch wing of Police Station, for parading six suspects in semi-nude condition, including five juvenile delinquents, after taking them into custody for allegedly looting cash from a beer bar on September 23. The accused cops tied the suspects together with a rope and were made to walk in an innerwear. Cops continued beating them with sticks. Two police vehicles followed them. Shopkeepers, passers-by and some youngsters had recorded the scenes in their cellphones and made the videos viral in social media.

 

Five boys in conflict with the law and a waiter had allegedly looted Rs 7,000 cash from the Royal Bar & Restaurant in the old Jaripatka area on the night on of September 22. Carrying swords, they threatened bar owner Sanjay Patil (53) and took away the money from the cash counter. Following a complaint lodged by Patil’s son Shreyas (24), a resident of Gyaneshwar Society, Mankapur, Jaripatka Police registered an offence under Sections 392, 34 of the Indian Penal Code, read with Section 4 +25 of the Arms Act against the anti-socials. Within three hours of the incident, a team of Jaripatka Police comprising Senior Inspector Khushal Tijare, Sub-Inspector Navnath Deokate, Assistant Sub-Inspector Wahab Desai and others under the supervision of Deputy Commissioner of Police Vikram Sali and Assistant Commissioner of Police (Jaripatka Division) Parshuram Karyakarte nabbed the accused persons.

 

Next day, cops allegedly forced the accused including the minor, to remove their shirts, banyans and trousers. They then tied them together and paraded them on streets. Taking a serious note of the shocking incident, Commissioner of Police Amitesh Kumar had directed Assistant Commissioner of Police (Jaripatka Division) Parshuram Karyakarte to conduct an inquiry and submit a report to him immediately.

 

On the basis of Karyakarte’s report, cognizance of the report taken by Juvenile Justice Board, statements of the boys in conflict with the law, family members of the victims, Addl CP Navinchandra Reddy directed Jaripatka Police to take immediate action. Jaripatka Police finally registered an offence under Sections 74 and 75 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act against Senior PI Tijare, API Dhumal, NPC Laxman Choure, NPC Mukesh Yadav, NPC Roshan Tiwari, NPC Daga and Constable Sushir Mahajan. All the seven cops, including senior PI Tijare, are likely to be placed under suspension.

 

City Police Chief, after preparing a comprehensive report of the incident, has urged the State Police Chief to suspend senior Inspector Tijare.