Challans issued to 17 parents by CPU members
DEHRADUN: Amid raging criticism from all sections of the society that police are not acting and issuing challans in cases for traffic violations in form of unauthorised parking on Subhash Road outside St Joseph's Academy daily after school hours due to political and bureaucratic pressures, the SP Traffic Pradeep Kumar Rai has deployed City Patrol Unit members to impose challan on students’ parents for defying the parking norms. SP Rai said that such challans were issued to 17 parents by CPU members. Notably, Dehradun City Magistrate GC Gunwant had earlier served notice under section 133 of CrPC to public school authorities, directing them to provide parking spaces to the parents inside the school campus.
Man held for ‘sexually exploiting’ his mother
DEHRADUN: Dehradun police have arrested a 24-year-old person named SK Thapa on Wednesday for allegedly sexually exploiting his own mother in intoxicated state on August 4. “Thapa’s mother had registered a complaint in Cantt Police Station and a case under section 376 of IPC was registered in the police station,” said Cantt Police Station in-charge inspector VK Jetha. Police arrested the accused and he will be produced in the court on Thursday, he added.
Financial aid provided to families of 17 cops
DEHRADUN: State Director General of Police BS Sidhu distributed `56 lakh in the form of financial assistance among the families of 17 policemen who were convicted and awarded life imprisonment by the CBI Court, New Delhi recently in Ranveer Singh encounter case. The assistance was provided by the policemen of the state to these families because of their poor economic condition, it is learnt.