HC directs probe by Mum police commissioner in assault case
PTI | 09:01 PM,Jan 24,2012Mumbai, Jan 24 (PTI) The Bombay High Court today directed the city Commissioner of Police to personally conduct an inquiry against three of his officers accused of assaulting two social workers from suburban Mumbai, who reported a water theft case to the police. A division bench of Justices AM Khanwilkar and SS Jadhav was hearing a petition filed by the social workers - Avinash Joshi and Sunder Singh Bisht - who have claimed that they were assaulted by Ghatkopar police on September 28, 2011. According to the petition, the duo on the day of the incident saw water tankers filling water illegally from the municipal corporation's water pipe. The petitioners called up the police control room and soon policemen arrived at the spot. "Instead of taking cognisance of the water mafia filling up the tankers, the police started assaulting the petitioners. They were taken to the police station where four police officers Ashok Mahale, Govind Jadhav, Santosh Pawar and Kaustubh Mithbawkar assaulted them further," the petition alleges. Advocate Prakash Wagh, appearing for the social workers, told the court that instead of registering FIR against the water mafia, the police lodged a complaint against the petitioners for assaulting a public servant and not allowing him to discharge his duty. "Law abiding citizens go to jail and illegal activities will be allowed to continue. Such matters should be personally looked into by the police commissioner," the court said directing the matter to be posted for further hearing on February 7. Additional public prosecutor Jayesh Yagnik told the court that the deputy commissioner of police of that zone had taken a serious note of the allegations and assigned a senior police officer to investigate. The court, however, directed for the police commissioner to conduct the inquiry. PTI SP VKV
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