Pune Cop Suspended

In the first major action following outrage over alleged lapses by the police following the Pune Porsche accident, in which two techies in their 20s lost their lives, an inspector and an assistant police inspector have been suspended.

A police sub-inspector posted in Pune district who recently shot to fame after winning Rs 1.5 crore on a fantasy sports platform was suspended for alleged misconduct on Wednesday, an official said.

A woman traffic constable posted in Pimpri-Chinchwad area was suspended on Thursday after a video purpotedly showing her taking money from a two-wheeler rider went viral on social media.

The death of three farmers in police firing in Pune is now snowballing into a major controversy for the Maharashtra government. After shocking video footage of alleged police excesses during the farmers' agitation on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway came to the fore yesterday, two cops who were seen firing at fleeing farmers have been suspended.

An undertrial, under treatment at Patna Medical College and Hospital, on Friday escaped from a nearby hotel, prompting the authorities to suspend six policemen on the charge of dereliction of duty.City SP Shivdeep Lande said Amit Mandal, an undertrial from Munger, was brought for treatment at the state-run hospital on June 9 and kept at a hotel nea...

In the first major action following outrage over alleged lapses by the police following the Pune Porsche accident, in which two techies in their 20s lost their lives, an inspector and an assistant police inspector have been suspended.

A police sub-inspector posted in Pune district who recently shot to fame after winning Rs 1.5 crore on a fantasy sports platform was suspended for alleged misconduct on Wednesday, an official said.

A woman traffic constable posted in Pimpri-Chinchwad area was suspended on Thursday after a video purpotedly showing her taking money from a two-wheeler rider went viral on social media.

The death of three farmers in police firing in Pune is now snowballing into a major controversy for the Maharashtra government. After shocking video footage of alleged police excesses during the farmers' agitation on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway came to the fore yesterday, two cops who were seen firing at fleeing farmers have been suspended.

An undertrial, under treatment at Patna Medical College and Hospital, on Friday escaped from a nearby hotel, prompting the authorities to suspend six policemen on the charge of dereliction of duty.City SP Shivdeep Lande said Amit Mandal, an undertrial from Munger, was brought for treatment at the state-run hospital on June 9 and kept at a hotel nea...