Constable ‘points gun’ at Kamal Nath, suspended


Bhopal, Dec 16 (The Indian Express): A police constable was suspended after he allegedly trained his rifle at former Union minister Kamal Nath at an airstrip in Chhindwara on Friday.

The veteran Congress leader was about to board a private plane for Delhi when security personnel found constable Ratnesh Pawar making suspicious movement of his rifle and immediately overpowered him. The Chhindwara MP was probably not even aware of the incident as his plane took off immediately.

The 31-year-old constable, who got his job on compassionate grounds in 2008, was being examined to check if he was under depression or had any other medical condition.

Additional SP Neeraj Soni said that during preliminary questioning, the constable denied training his gun at the Congress leader and claimed that he did not remember doing anything. Other police personnel, however, saw him lifting his rifle and found the movement suspicious. Some Congress leaders also registered their protest with the police and wanted quick action against the constable.

A city SP has been asked to probe the incident. DIG (Chhindwara) G K Pathak said no case has been registered against Pawar yet.

  

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  • hemanth, bangalore

    Sat, Dec 16 2017

    May be constable trying to catch a thief.

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  • Declan, Mumbai

    Sat, Dec 16 2017

    Suspension is a very mild punishment in such a case. He should be dismissed from service or transferred to some dept. duty where he will have no access or authorization to handle weapons anymore and parallely be sent for a detailed psychiatric evaluation and later treatment if necessary. There are increasing number of cases where these guys in police and other paramilitary forces are known to have shot dead themselves or their colleagues. It could be depression arising from stiff working hours, insufficient leave vacation etc.. However, this case seems more likely to be some kind of hatred against the Kamal Natha. Needs to be confirmed though by checking his background, his phone calls and messages records, social media interactions, his friends & associates, his ideological affiliations and groups linked to etc.

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Mumbai

    Sat, Dec 16 2017

    Kamal Nath is a Congress MP for five consecutive terms. That is the main Reason ...

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