After the Shastra Pooja at police headquarters on Saturday, police personnel were seen consuming alcohol in a viral video.
The Madhupura police arrested one of the accused Constable Amitsinh Gol who serves as the driver of Sarkhej police inspector on Sunday.
Four police officers who were present at the liquor party include
1) Assistant of Sub-Inspector (ASI) Vinod Damor (Maninagar police)
2) Constable Amitsinh Gol (Sarkhej police)
3) Head Constable Jujar Pagi (police headquarters)
4) Constable Raju Bariya (F-4 Company, police headquarters)
The fifth accused is Sanjay Nayi, who arrived to join the ‘party’ on a bike and runs a salon.
ASI Damor and Nayi were arrested earlier. With Gol’s arrest on Sunday, two police personnel are on the run.
This comes after the Special Operations Group (SOG) launched a major crackdown on drug use in Ahmedabad during the festive season of Navratri. The team conducted checks including mobile drug analyser tests being carried out at 20 different locations across the city.
The blatant alcohol consumption by police personnel in broad daylight on a footpath, despite strict enforcement actions expected from the police themselves, raises serious concerns about the state of law and order in the city.