Woman constable transferred hours after arresting son of Gujarat minister
Ahmedabad, July 13: Woman constable Sunita Yadav was transferred hours after the son of a Gujarat minister and his two friends were arrested for allegedly violating the lockdown and the night curfew orders in Surat.
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Sunita has been sent to police headquarters and a probe has been initiated into the matter.
The arrests came a day after audio clips of a heated exchange of Prakash Kanani, son of Varachha Road MLA and Minister of State for Health Kumar Kanani, and his friends with Sunita Yadav, who tried to stop them, surfaced on social media.
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Prakash Kanani and two of his friends were arrested under IPC Sections 188 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant), 269, 270 (negligent and malignant act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life), and 144 (abettor present when offence committed), Assistant Commissioner of Police, A-Division, C K Patel said.
They were later released on bail, he added.
Surat Commissioner of Police R B Brahmbhatt on Saturday ordered an inquiry into the incident, after the constable alleged that she was threatened by some men when she stopped them during the night curfew.
Yadav stopped Prakash Kanani's friends around 10.30 pm on Wednesday during night curfew for allegedly violating the lockdown orders in force to contain the spread of coronavirus.
The
friends
then
called
Prakash
Kanani,
who
arrived
in
his
father's
car
and
allegedly
picked
up
an
argument
with
Yadav,
the
audio
clips
of
which
went
viral
on
Saturday.
In
the
audio
clips,
the
men
are
heard
telling
the
constable
that
they
had
the
power
to
"make
you
stand
at
the
same
place
for
365
days".
The constable shouts back that she is not their slave or a servant of their fathers that they can make her stand there for 365 days.
Patel said Yadav has gone on sick leave and an inquiry is under way into the incident.