SP Madkar Sandeep Sampat, on Thursday placed six police personnel, including a Havildar and five constables, under suspension for their involvement in showing misconduct in public place. The suspended police personnel were identified as Habildar Pitambar Baral, Soubhagyalaxmi Jena(women constable), Jayanta Mahali(constable), Gopalkrushna Singh ,Harish Chandra Hansda, and Dukhit Nayak (OPF constables).
Notably, an ex-Army personnel, Manoranjan Rout, a resident of Garapur village on Wednesday night was going with his wife to market on his scooty. The town police team engaged in mask and helmet checking at Tinimuhani chowk stopped the scooty after finding him driving without wearing mask and helmet. Later, the police asked to give a fine amount of Rs 500 for violating traffic rules. However, when an altercation took place among them, the six police personnel went on assaulting ex-serviceman Rout and later arrested him.
The police assault incident however was caught on camera and made viral by someone in social media.“When the matter came to my notice, I took the matter seriously and conducted an inquiry . The police personnel, engaged on duty, were found guilty as they showed misconduct in public place for which I placed them under suspension,” stated Sampat.