The constable, identified as Siddhant Gore and posted with the Beed city traffic branch, was accused of abusing his colleagues on Saturday evening following a trivial argument, an official said
CCTV footage confirmed the misconduct allegations. Representational Pic
A traffic police constable from Beed district in Maharashtra was suspended on Monday for allegedly abusing and threatening his colleagues while on duty, an official said, reported the PTI.
The cop was identified as Siddhant Gore. He was posted with the Beed city traffic branch, officials said.
They said that he is accused of abusing his colleagues on Saturday evening following a trivial argument, the official added, reported news agency PTI.
“After CCTV footage confirmed the misconduct allegations against Gore, he was placed under suspension by Beed Superintendent of Police Navneet Kanwat. The inquiry into the incident was carried out by Assistant Inspector Subhash Sanap. Gore had been dismissed from service in an earlier case but was reinstated following an order by the Maharashtra Administrative Tribunal (MAT),” the official added, reported PTI.
Two Wadala TT cops, caught taking bribe by ACB, dismissed from service
In a similar incident, in a rare move under Article 311(2)(b) of the Constitution of India, Maharashtra Director General of Police (DGP) Rashmi Shukla dismissed two police officers from Mumbai’s Wadala TT Police Station—a senior inspector and a sub-inspector—who were earlier caught red-handed by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) for accepting bribes in a dispute case.
Senior Police Inspector Chandrakant Sudhakar Sarode (52) and Police Sub-Inspector Rahul Ramesh Waghmode (37) were arrested by the ACB in September after they allegedly demanded and accepted illegal gratification from a complainant involved in a community hall dispute.
According to the ACB, the complainant, a 59-year-old man, approached the bureau after the officers allegedly sought bribes to ensure his daughter was not named as an accused in a Thane police case filed by a rival group. PSI Waghmode allegedly demanded Rs 50,000 for himself and Rs 5 lakh for Sarode, and had already accepted Rs 20,000 on September 10 and another Rs 30,000 later during verification.
On September 26, Sarode was caught accepting Rs 2 lakh—the first instalment of the Rs 4 lakh bribe he had agreed to take—while Waghmode had already collected Rs 30,000 earlier. Both were caught red-handed in an ACB trap in the presence of five witnesses.
Following their arrest, the duo was immediately suspended. However, a fresh dismissal order issued by DGP Rashmi Shukla has now removed both officers from service with immediate effect.
The order cites their conduct as a “conscious betrayal of public trust” and states that a departmental inquiry was deemed “not reasonably practicable” due to their influence, intimidation, and “deep-rooted connections” within the police establishment. It further notes that Sarode had a history of previous departmental punishments, including a prior suspension in a 2001 corruption case registered in Nagpur city under the Prevention of Corruption Act.
“Their actions amount to grave misconduct, gross dereliction of duty, and conduct unbecoming of police officers,” the order states, adding that their dismissal was necessary “in the larger public interest.”
(With PTI inputs)
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