Shankar Choudhary, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Dwarka, has been transferred to police technology and implementation department on Tuesday, days after his involvement was alleged in a ruckus at a cafe-cum-bar at Kailash Colony in south Delhi.
According to the order which was issued on Tuesday, Choudhary has been transferred from Dwarka district and posted as DCP police technology and implementation. Additional DCP of South district, M Harsha Vardhan has become the new DCP of Dwarka.
A woman had suffered injury in her head from a shattered glass during a private birthday party Friday night. Her husband later called police and alleged the involvement of the deputy commissioner of police (DCP), according to a general diary entry.
The woman later claimed the officer's name came up due to a "miscommunication". In a purported video, she said the matter was personal and has been resolved.
Police had said that the information was received at Greater Kailash police station that a DCP-rank officer of the Delhi Police had assaulted a woman at a birthday party in a private club in Kailash Colony. The woman was injured after a broken glass fell on her. Due to a miscommunication, the name of the DCP cropped up. The matter has been resolved as it was a family issue, the police had said.
Following the incident, Delhi Police Commissioner Rakesh Asthana on Saturday had ordered Choudhary's removal from duty and was directed to report to Police Headquarters for further orders.
Meanwhile, police have registered an First Information Report (FIR) against the cafe-cum-bar for allegedly functioning beyond the permissible time of 1 AM.
A senior police officer said that the FIR was registered on Saturday under section 188 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant) of the Indian Penal Code at Greater Kailash police station for violating norms.