Lucknow: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday expressed deep displeasure over an incident of harassment in the Gomti Nagar area in the state capital Lucknow.
It may be noted that during a heavy downpour on Wednesday, some anti-social elements misbehaved with a couple moving on a motorcycle due to which they fell on the water-logged road in posh Gomti Nagar colony.
On the directives of the CM, the DCP East, ADCP East, and ACP Gomti Nagar have been removed from their posts for negligence with immediate effect. Besides, the Inspector of Gomti Nagar, the in-charge of the Samtamulk police outpost and all the policemen posted there have been suspended.
In line with the Yogi government's zero-tolerance policy, the Lucknow Police Commission has lodged cases against the offenders under the relevant sections and has arrested four suspects so far. Raids are ongoing to apprehend the remaining individuals.
On the CM's directives, the government has removed DCP East Prabal Pratap Singh, ADCP Amit Kumawat, and ACP Gomti Nagar Anshu Jain from their positions with immediate effect. Additionally, Gomti Nagar Inspector Deepak Kumar Pandey, Samtamulak outpost in-charge Rishi Vivek, Inspector Kapil Kumar, constables Dharamveer and Virendra Kumar have been suspended. The authorities have also been directed to arrest the remaining accused promptly.
Lucknow Police Commissioner Amarendra Kumar Sengar said that the heavy rains on Wednesday led to water-logging near the underpass in the Gomti Nagar area, close to a hotel. Following reports of unruly individuals harassing pedestrians in the waterlogged underpass, a formal complaint has been lodged against the accused in Gomti Nagar.
The police have filed a report against the accused under relevant sections of Bharatiya Nyay Samhita related to outraging a woman's modesty. Four separate teams have been established to apprehend the suspects.
Police Commissioner Amarendra Kumar Sengar said that the crime team has arrested four individuals during the raids. Two of the accused, Pawan Yadav and Sunil Kumar, were apprehended late Wednesday night based on CCTV footage while Mohammad Arbaaz and Viraj Sahu were arrested on the tip-off.
