…says gangrape of govt official in Beed could have been averted

Jawale and three others blocked the car in which the Pune-based woman,along with her husband and son,was returning from Parali temple in Beed on April 11. The suspects forced her husband and son out of the car and took the woman to a Dhanora farm and gangraped her. The police had arrested the suspects on April 12.

Earlier,two officers from Ahmednagar police were suspended for delaying the chargesheet against Jawale within the stipulated 90 days in a robbery case in MIDC area of Ahmednagar due to which the court released him on bail on April 6.

Patil urged the police officers to follow scientific and modern investigation methods for increasing the crime detection and conviction rate in the state. “The crime scenario in the state is worsening day-by-day. Even dreaded criminals are getting acquitted,” he said.

“Police force is unable to concentrate on investigations of crimes due to lack of manpower and additional work load. We will graduallly plan ways not to involve local and city Crime Branch in works such as election duty,” he said. Patil asked the CID to arrange a national level discussion to share knowledge on inter-state gangs of criminals.

Patil said no politics was involved in the transfer of former city police commissioner Satyapal Singh. “Every commissioner is transferred after two years. Singh had worked in Pune for two years and one month when transferred.”