The suspension of a police constable, Prakash, who had allegedly beaten an employee of a fish company belonging to Minister of State for Fisheries, Youth Services and Sports, Pramod Madhwaraj, was on Friday revoked. He has been transferred to Karkala.
K.T. Balakrishna, Superintendent of Police, told The Hindu that the suspension of Mr. Prakash had been revoked pending departmental enquiry.
The police constable, who was working in the Malpe Police Station before he was suspended, had been posted to the Karkala Town Police Station, he said.
Mr. Prakash had allegedly beaten Kumar, an employee of the fish company (belonging to Mr. Madhwaraj), when the former had gone with his wife, to an ATM to withdraw cash in Malpe on April 5. Mr. Kumar, who was reportedly drunk, had allegedly harassed Kumar’s wife.
Mr. Prakash had then taken Mr. Kumar to the Malpe Police Station and had allegedly beaten him. Mr. Kumar was admitted to a private hospital with injuries to his spinal cord on April 6.
There were allegations and counter-allegations from both the sides and Mr. Prakash was suspended pending enquiry on April 8.
Mr. Prakash’s wife lodged a complaint against Mr. Kumar at the Women’s Police Station here, while a case was lodged against Mr. Kumar at the Malpe Police Station. A case had also been filed against Mr. Prakash at the same police station.
