A police Head Constable posted in Hanumanganj was suspended after he failed to act on a complaint of teasing by a city based lady doctor late in the night in Hanumanganj area; action was taken after her post on Facebook went viral regarding irresponsible behaviour by police personnel.
DIG Santosh Kumar Singh said that the lack of prompt and appropriate action by the policeman is not acceptable and officer of the rank of CSP would investigate the matter and would submit a report. The miscreants passed lewd comments and tried to obstruct her way in the precincts of Hanumanganj police station. later, on reaching home, she intimated the same to the police. However, instead of taking any action on receipt of information, the cops told her that these are trivial instances. He also suggested the doctor that she would face problems if complaint is lodged.
According to the DIG, at the police station Head Constable Ganesh Prasad had received the call and told her that these kinds of incidents are ought to occur and are routine and not informed the seniors or alerted the patrolling police personnel to check the miscreants. She posted the incident in her wall in the facebook, uestioning woman security in the city.
The post went viral rapidly and senior officials took action over the negligence. After the post went viral head constable Ganesh Prasad was suspended by SP North Hemant Chouhan. The victim did not wish to lodge a complaint with the police, but enquiry regarding the miscreants would be conducted and action would be taken against them, the DIG added.