Inspector General (Rules and manuals) Amitabh Thakur demanded that a case should be registered against DIG (Faizabad Range) for assaulting a police personnel attached as telephone duty at the DIG’s residence.
In a letter to DGP, Javeed Ahmed on Monday, Thakur said that constable Zubair Ahmad from Faizabad Police lines came to meet him on Monday morning and complained that DIG
Faizabad, Vijay Kumar Garg had badly beaten and abused him on Sunday night while he was working at Garg’s residence. The DIG assaulted the cops merely for failing to respond to the phone buzzer.
The constable told Thakur that Garg beat him with a stick and had also tore his uniform.
Thakur then requested the CMS of Bhaurau Devras Hospital in Mahanagar (lucknow) to carry out a nmedical examination of the constable. The examination confirmed three injuries, - all multiple abrasions, caused by hard and blunt object which were 12-24 hours old.
Thakur further said that constable Zubair Ahmad also gave an FIR against the DIG to Station House Officer of Cantt police station in Faizabad. But since no cognizance was taken in the matter, hence teh constable contacted him for justice.
Thakur said that he has forwarded the application to the DGP requesting him to get the FIR registered and initiate disciplinary action in this case.