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Station in charge of Government Railway Police (GRP) Katni, Aruna Vahane and five other police personnel have been suspended for assaulting a woman and a minor at GRP station, said Simala Prasad, Superintendent of Police GRP on Thursday.
DIG (Deputy Inspector General) Railways of Madhya Pradesh, Monika Shukla will investigate the matter and further action will be taken accordingly, the officer added. According to the police, the incident occurred in October last year but recently, a video of it surfaced on social media. SP Railways, Simala Prasad told reporters, "We have seen the original video. There is a CCTV camera installed in the office here and on the basis of that, TI Aruna Vahane has been suspended. Along with this, five other police personnel who are seen in the video have also been suspended. The entire investigation of the case will be done by DIG Railways Monika Shukla." The investigation has been started and all the involved police personnel have been suspended immediately. Further action will be taken according to the facts revealed in the probe, she added. Earlier, after the video went viral, SP GRP posted on X, "Upon noticing the incident, the fact that came to light is the video shown has been found to be of October 2023. The people seen in the said video are relatives of a criminal Deepak Vanskar. 19 cases are registered against Deepak Vanskar in GRP police station Katni. Deepak Vanskar is a criminal under surveillance since 2017. Last year, a reward of Rs 10,000 was announced for him after Deepak Vanskar absconded in connection with a theft case. In April this year, orders were given to extern Vanskar from Katni district. Upon receiving the fact from social media (video gone viral), the station in-charge of GRP Katni has been removed and the Deputy Superintendent of Police, Railway has been ordered to investigate." In a post on X, Madhya Pradesh Police stated, "A video of misbehaviour in GRP station Katni has come to light through social media. The video is from October 2023. Upon noticing the incident, the charge station was attached to GRP Police Line Jabalpur. The Police Headquarters has ordered a DIG-level officer to go to Katni and investigate the incident." (ANI)
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