A week after four police constables of the Bharatnagar police station in Bhavnagar city were killed in a road accident in Rajasthan while they were on their way back after detaining a suspect in a theft case, MS Yadav, the police sub-inspector (PSI ) in charge of the Bharatnagar police station, was suspended from service on Tuesday for alleged dereliction of duty by allowing the four constables to travel in a private car.
The inspector general of police (IGP) of the Bhavnagar range, Ashok Kumar Yadav, said the PSI not only disobeyed official orders but also failed to maintain his judgement when dispatching the four constables to apprehend a theft suspect.
“We had permitted them to travel by train. But instead of adopting the official procedure, the PSI allowed the constables to go to Delhi driving a car belonging to a private person. Had he followed the official instructions, the unfortunate incident could have been prevented,” IGP Yadav told
The suspension of the PSI comes a week after head constable Mansukh Baldhiya (35) and constables Bhikubhai Bukera (48), Shaktisinh Gohil (28) and Irfan Aagvan (40), were killed in a road accident in Bhabroo near Jaipur in Rajasthan on February 15.
The four constables had left Bhavanagar city on February 8 and were on their way back from Delhi after detaining one Faeem Sheikh when they met with the accident.