BHANDUP COPS PLAY HOST TO HISTORY SHEETER

Five police officials attached to Bhandup Police Station have been suspended for celebrating the birthday of a history-sheeter – turned- police informer as exemplary punishment.

A police station is a venue where the men in khaki ensure that criminals are dealt with firmly in accordance with the law. However, the recent birthday celebration of an alleged conman-turned-informer has raised eyebrows in the police echelons.

According to reports, the centre of controversy, Ayan Khan, an alleged history-sheeter celebrated his birthday in the company of police officers attached to Bhandup Police Station. The seniors of the force stiffened their backs after the video and pics of the birthday bash went viral on social media. In 2010, Ayan Khan had been slapped with charges of assault and kidnapping. However, he was exonerated of both the crimes by the police as per their submission to the court, then. Thereafter, he was released and started working as a police informer. On July 23, his birthday was celebrated in a room at the police station where he was fed a birthday cake by a police official.

No sooner the video went viral, the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Zone VII, immediately formed a team to investigate the incident. Preliminary enquiries revealed that five officers of Bhandup Police Station were involved. Based on the findings, 2 police Sub-Inspectors, Pankaj Shewale and Sachin Kokare, along with Head Constable Subhash Gosalkar, Police Naik Anil Gaikwad and Police Constable Maruti Jumade were immediately suspended. Simultaneously, an investigation is being launched against the night duty Inspector and Sr. P.I. for this serious lapse.

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