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Tainted police officials face internal inquiry

M.T. Shiva Kumar

Some of them had cleared passport applications
One inspector allowed arms licence for son of
an accused

Bangalore: Commissioner of Police Shankar Bidari has ordered departmental inquiries against two police inspectors, a sub-inspector and an assistant sub-inspector for allegedly assisting fugitives to obtain passports and arms licence. The inquiries started here on Monday.

The accused officials are the VVIP security inspector Jayaramaiah, Siddapura station’s inspector under suspension Davud Khan, sub-inspector Narayana Swamy and ASI Venkataramana.

Deputy Commissioner of Police (City Armed Reserve - Headquarters) M. Nanjundaswamy is conducting the inquiry against Davud Khan, Narayanaswamy and Venkataramana who were all attached to the Siddapura police station, a senior police officer told The Hindu here on Tuesday.

The case pertains to three fugitives from Mumbai who obtained passports from the Regional Passport Office in Bangalore in 2008. While filing applications, the fugitives, wanted by the Mumbai police, had given fake addresses. The accused police officials cleared their passport applications without conducting any inspection or verification, said the officer.

Later, the Mumbai police arrested the fugitives, confiscated their passports and conducted a detailed investigation. Based on their findings which implicated the Siddapura police, Mr. Bidari ordered the inquiry.

Mr. Davud Khan earlier faced an inquiry in another case for helping out an anti-social Simultaneously, another departmental inquiry has started against Mr. Jayaramaiah, who was attached to the Nandini Layout police station. During the Assembly election in 2008, although the police issued a circular to all inspectors to round up anti-social elements, he ignored the order, the DIG said. In another case, he recommended arms licence to the son of a murder accused in violation of the poll code. Three years ago, a realtor was murdered in the limits of Vidyaranyapura police station. One of the accused Shiva alias Shivakumar had been reported absconding for more than two years. But Mr. Jayaramaiah recommended arms licence for Shivakumar’s son. Following this, Mr. Jayaramaiah was suspended, he said.

Later, his suspension was revoked and he was transferred to VVIP Security. The Karnataka Administrative Tribunal has ordered that the inquiry against him be completed before July 31. Deputy Commissioner of Police (North Division) H.S. Revanna is conducting the inquiry.

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