New Delhi: Delhi Police has registered a case against an Assistant Commissioner for allegedly slapping a young woman during a protest against the rape of a five-year-old girl.
BS Alhawat, the ACP who was suspended after he was caught on camera, was charged with causing hurt (section 323 of IPC) after the victim filed a complaint on Wednesday, a senior police official said.
Alhawat was suspended within hours after the incident on April 19 at Swami Dayanand Hospital here. The woman and others were protesting against the rape of the five-year-old girl allegedly by two men in Gandhi Nagar area.
Delhi Police Commissioner on Monday said they will register a case against the ACP if the victim comes forward to file a complaint. The rape survivor is presently undergoing treatment in AIIMS and doctors said her condition is stable....
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08:46 PM, Apr 25, 2013
Hyderabad: Press Council of India chairman Markandey Katju on Saturday appealed to Andhra Pradesh government to release Abdul Qadeer, a former police constable who is in jail for last 22 years for gunning down a police officer. Katju submitted a letter to Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy urging him to pardon the 51-year-old former constable on humanitarian grounds. Katju pointed out that Abdul Qadeer has already spent 22 years...
04:48 AM, Apr 07, 2013
There was double tragedy for the family of the hawker who had died during an anti-encroachment drive lead by controversial Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Vasant Dhoble, as the hawker's daughter, Radha Jaiswal, died of a heart attack on Sunday. ...
07:16 PM, Jan 21, 2013
Backing Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Vasant Dhoble, who was shunted out from his Vakola posting amid protests over the death of a hawker during eviction drive, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray on Tuesday warned hawkers against holding a rally at Azad Maidan on January 24. ...
07:36 PM, Jan 15, 2013
Condemning ACP Vasant Dhoble's raid which led to the death of a hawker in Mumbai's Santacruz area, Congress MP Priya Dutt said strict inquiry will be conducted by the state Crime Investigation Department. "What happened today is very sad. One officer is not abiding by the law, but is making his own law. I respect Mumbai police. But sometimes few people come who disgrace the whole police community," she said. ...
02:43 PM, Jan 12, 2013
Assistant Commissioner of Police Vasant Dhoble, who hit the headlines for his late night crackdown on pubs and restaurants in Mumbai, is back in the news again after a 50-year-old fruit hawker died of a heart attack on Friday evening during a raid conducted by Dhoble. A state Crime Investigation Department (CID) inquiry has been ordered and Dhoble has been transferred out of the area pending an inquiry. ...
11:40 AM, Jan 12, 2013
A woman police constable was suspended in Maharashtra's Aurangabad district on Friday for allegedly hurling a shoe at a senior police official who had been sending her vulgar SMSes, police said. ...
10:40 PM, Jan 04, 2013
An Assistant Commissioner of Police has been booked for allegedly sending lewd text messages to a woman constable, police said on Saturday. ACP Sandeep Bhajibhakare, who was recently transferred to Ratnagiri district from Aurangabad, has been booked under section 509 of the IPC (word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman) on the charge of sending indecent and lewd SMSes to the woman constable, police said....
09:44 PM, Dec 29, 2012
Mumbai: Bollywood star Aamir Khan recently shot a special episode of TV show 'C.I.D.' to promote his forthcoming film 'Talaash'. Shivaji Satam, who plays ACP Pradyuman in the crime thriller show, says Aamir is a no-hassle actor. "He is a professional and has no ego hassles, no tantrums. He is just like us. He follows the given lines and listens to the director," Shivaji said during the shoot of the...
05:25 PM, Nov 19, 2012
Mumbai: Veteran actor Shivaji Satam, better known as ACP Pradyuman of CID, has denied that he is planning to quit the long-running hit crime series, though he admitted to having issues with the makers. There was a buzz that Shivaji might be bidding goodbye to the show in December, ending his 12-year-long association. "I don't know where this news is coming from. I have heard it today. I haven't told...
11:30 AM, Nov 02, 2012
Mumbai: Controversial Mumbai cop Vasant Dhoble, who hit the headlines for his late night crackdown on pubs and restaurants, has been shunted out of the social service branch and moved to the city's western suburbs. Dhoble will now be ACP at Vakola division. An order to this effect was issued last night by the Maharashtra government's Home department. Armed with a hockey stick and camera, Dhoble, known as the 'night...
07:40 PM, Sep 16, 2012
Mumbai: Almost everyone in the after-dark party circuit is familiar with Assistant Commissioner of Police Vasant Dhobles reputation and rigidness, but another name has been long ignored, though the individuals track record deserves accolades. Dhobles colleague, Feroz Patel, has been raiding brothels, rescuing children forced into work and reuniting street kids with their families, but has chosen to stay out of the limelight and not gloat about his achievements. Patel,...
05:00 PM, Aug 01, 2012
Mumbai: Establishments serving liquor and entertainment in the form of live orchestras, bar dancers and other such activities have much more to worry about, after the commissioner of police issued a new set of stringent orders to his subordinates last week. If the fear of meeting ACP Vasant Dhoble was a strong deterrent for party animals from venturing out into the night for a tippler, then be prepared for another...
02:44 PM, Jul 31, 2012
Mumbai: Assistant Commissioner of Police (Social Service Branch) Vasant Dhoble, the policeman whose job is secure largely due to the unwavering trust the police commissioner has in his policing style, has been told to cool it for a few days. Till Tuesday to be precise, as Arup Patnaik, commissioner of Mumbai police, is in the United States of America on official work, and is expected to be back on Tuesday....
06:07 PM, Jul 06, 2012
Mumbai: A new video of Mumbai's moral policeman ACP Vasant Dhoble's crackdown has surfaced. CNN-IBN has accessed a video of Vasant Dhoble and his Social Services Branch team of constables detaining eight women outside the Voodoo Pub in Colaba. The video shows the constables including Dhoble attempting to herd four German girls into a police van. The girls refused to get in, demanding an explanation as to why they were...
04:14 PM, Jun 29, 2012
Mumbai: Mumbai's controversial top policeman ACP Vasant Dhoble raided a massage parlour in the eastern suburb of Powai. Seven girls were rescued and sent for medical examinations. The parlour owner was arrested for allegedly running a prostitution racket. For months, Dhoble has been on the warpath, making headlines for raiding and assaulting restaurant staff across the city, be it at hip restaurants, small eateries, private parties, or dance bars. At...
08:53 AM, Jun 26, 2012
On this episode, Cyrus Broacha talks about ACP Vasant Dhoble, Presidential elections and much more. ...
07:20 PM, Jun 24, 2012
ACP Vasant Dhoble is infamous for targeting restaurants and attacking their owners and waiters in the name of moral policing. ...
11:58 PM, Jun 21, 2012
Mumbai: Controversial Mumbai policeman ACP Vasant Dhoble believes that he stands vindicated even after a court let off the women whom he detained and branded as 'prostitutes'. Speaking to CNN-IBN, ACP Dhoble said, "The police don't frame the laws. The laws are framed by the legislators. The police's job is to simply implement the laws." He also said that he was only targeting establishments and not the people. "The patrons...
11:34 AM, Jun 21, 2012
If the recent petition by two sisters, seeking action against bar-raider cop ACP Vasant Dhoble for wrongful confinement, has not opened the eyes of senior police officials, perhaps these stories will. MiD DAY has spoken to some of the housewives, college students and working women who were picked up in a raid by Dhoble and shoved into a rehabilitation centre. After staying there for days and being tagged as sex...
12:13 PM, Jun 14, 2012
