SDPO transferred over negligence inhandling murder victim's complaint
DARBHANGA, Nov. 12 -- In a major administrative action following the murder of Kashikant Thakur in Darbhanga's Padari village, the Bihar government has transferred the Biraul sub-divisional police officer (SDPO), while the station house officer (SHO) and a sub-inspector of the police station have been suspended for alleged negligence in handling the victim's complaint.
According to an official notification issued by the state home department on Wednesday, SDPO Prabhakar Tiwari has been transferred to the office of the director general of police (Training), Bihar, Patna, as additional superintendent of police (ASP).
Sanjeev Shekhar Jha, who was serving as deputy superintendent of police (DSP) in the DGP (Training) office in Patna, has been posted as the new SDPO of Biraul.
The transfer comes a day after the suspension of the then Biraul SHO Chandramani and sub-inspector Pankaj Kumar on November 10.
An inquiry found that the two police personnel had failed to take appropriate action on a written complaint submitted by Thakur on July 14, in which he had alleged a dispute and threats to his life.
The inquiry was conducted by the then SDPO, Prabhakar Tiwari, who found negligence and dereliction of duty on the part of the two personnel. He recommended disciplinary action, following which the deputy inspector general (DIG), Mithila range, suspended them and attached them to the Darbhanga police lines.
Thakur, a resident of Padari village under Biraul police station, was shot dead at around 7.30 pm on November 8. An FIR was registered the following day under Section 103(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and Section 27 of the Arms Act.
The police statement said the victim's complaint had not been acted upon as required under the law. The suspended personnel will remain under suspension on subsistence allowance, it added....
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