CID on Thursday registered two separate cases against Bharati Vidyapeeth police personnel based on the fact-finding reports of Maharashtra State Human Rights Commission
Pune: CID on Thursday registered two separate cases against 17 police personnel of Bharati Vidyapeeth police on the charge of illegally detaining and parading minor boys on July 21 for an alleged murder, and parading three youths in public separately on July 5 in a body offence case, adhering to Maharashtra State Human Rights Commission’s directive. Atotal of 11 police personnel posted at Bharati Vidyapeeth police station were named in the case involving the detention of minor boys. The boys were later paraded on the bonnet of a police van on July 21. Another case was lodged against 13 police personnel on the charge of parading the three youngsters. The youths were produced before the court on July 6 and their police custody was secured.
Additional director general of police (CID) Sunil Ramanand, also the chief investigating officer in both cases, said, “We have registered two separate cases against the police officials and constables based on the fact-finding reports of Maharashtra State Human Rights Commission (MSHRC). Some of the police personnel booked in this case were also named in the minors’ parading case. CID pressed charges of illegal detention and assault in police custody in the case involving the parade of minors. It also invoked charges under Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act against then senior inspector, two assistant inspectors, a sub-inspector and seven police constables posted with Bharati Vidyapeeth police. Later, they were taken to a Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) scheme in Katraj area and paraded in full public view.
MSHRC had earlier this month directed the director-general of police to register an FIR against the Pune police personnel for allegedly illegally detaining the minors in a murder case and assaulting them in public.