Modi ties hands of cops who put their foot down

The transfers, ordered on Sunday, have already raised eyebrows in the police force. It is being alleged that pliant officers have been appoi...

The transfers, ordered on Sunday, have already raised eyebrows in the police force. It is being alleged that pliant officers have been appointed in place of upright ones. In his letter, Chakravarty is understood to have expressed apprehension that the transfer of competent officers would demoralise them, sources said.

While the DGP was not available for comment despite several attempts, Narayan refused to discuss the matter. Among the transfers:

Kutch SP Vivek Srivastav has been transferred as Deputy Commissioner of Police (Prohibition and Excise). He had arrested a Home Guards commandant having VHP links, and some other influential people for creating trouble in the border district.

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Bhavnagar SP Rahul Sharma has been shunted out to Ahmedabad as DCP (Control). He had successfully thwarted an attempt by a mob to attack a madrasa on Ghogha Road, and rescued 400 inmates. In the firing that he had ordered to beat back the mob, four persons were killed.

Sharma had also registered cases against attackers despite pressure from local BJP leaders. This is Sharma’s fifth transfer in the last one year.

Banaskantha SP Himanshu Bhatt, known for his competence, has been shifted to the Intelligence Bureau at Gandhinagar, because he had suspended a PSI for not taking action against a mob which went about torching shops and houses. Bhatt did not withdraw the suspension orders in spite of pressure from higher-ups, it is learnt.

DCP (Zone IV), Ahmedabad City, P B Godhia, who had registered a case against Naroda BJP MLA Mayaben Kodnani and VHP leader Jaydeep Patel, has been put in charge of Civil Defence.

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He had booked several other VHP activists for their alleged involvement in violence.

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