UP transfers DCP, ADCP, ACP for ‘letting off’ molesters | Lucknow Information

LUCKNOW: UP CM Yogi Adityanath ordered switch of three senior cops and suspension of total chowki’s cops apart from a police inspector on Thursday, a day after Lucknow Police invoked much less critical expenses like spreading an infection and obstructing public approach in its FIR in a transparent case of sexual crime.
An unruly mob splashed a woman pillion-rider with rainwater, pushed her after which groped her after she fell off the bike within the upscale Gomtinagar space right here Wednesday.Regardless of the video of the incident going viral, the Gomtinagar police station initially filed an FIR in opposition to the culprits below BNS sections 272 (a malignant act to unfold an infection) and 285 (obstruction of public approach) solely, selecting to exclude different sections coping with sexual crimes.

BNS sections 191 (2), 3 (5), 272, 285 and 74 (associated to outraging a lady’s modesty) had been added to the FIR on Thursday after the CM took a stern view of your entire episode, stressing that girls’s security is his govt’s prime precedence.
“Anybody who jeopardises girls’s security will face extreme penalties. We’ve taken this incident very critically. In consequence, we now have eliminated the DCP, ADCP, and ACP from their positions. Moreover, we now have suspended the police station inspector and whole chowki,” he added.
The officers – DCP east Prabal Pratap Singh, ADCP east Amit Kumawat, and ACP Gomtinagar Anshu Jain – had been shunted out for negligence. The 5 policemen suspended are inspector Gomtinagar police station, Deepak Kumar Pandey, and 4 cops posted at Samtamoolak chowki – chowki in cost Rishi Vivek, inspector Kapil Kumar and constables Dharamveer and Virendra Kumar. The chowki is barely a km away from the scene of crime.
Police have arrested 16 suspects and raids are underway to apprehend the remaining people. Lucknow police commissioner Amarendra Kumar Sengar mentioned Pawan Yadav and Sunil Kumar had been arrested Wednesday evening and Mohammad Arbaaz and Viraj Sahu had been nabbed Thursday. Different youths arrested had been Arjun Agrahari, Ratan Gupta, Aman Gupta, Anil Kumar, Priyanshu Sharma, Ashish Singh, Vikas Bhandari, Manish Kumar Saroj, Abhishek Tiwari, Krishnakant Gupta, Jai Kishan and Abhishek Sahu.
The 2-hour downpour on Wednesday led to waterlogging on the underpass close to Taj lodge in Gomtinagar. A gaggle of males gathered on the spot and began harassing commuters on the route. Movies on social media confirmed hooligans harassing bikers and ladies. In addition they kicked automotive home windows and headlights. It was solely after social media uproar that cops arrived and chased away the hooligans.