Indian Police Service officer trainees were permitted to consume liquor at the Officers’ Club on Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy here at Rajendranagar during weekends, Cyberabad police officials said on Sunday.
Officials probing the death of IPS officer trainee Manu Mukt Manav, who drowned in the swimming pool on NPA premises reportedly after consuming liquor during a late night party, said they wanted to confirm if there was any negligence in allowing the officer to take liquor at the club. “It is an individual’s choice to consume liquor. There was no prohibition on IPS officer trainees to booze at the club during weekends,” Rajendranagar ACP A. Mutyam Reddy said on Sunday.
The NPA top officials were aware of the party hosted by some IPS officer trainees at the Officers’ Club on Friday night. The ACP said inquiries revealed that Manav gulped a few pegs of liquor at the party organised at the pool side bar.
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“Statements of the three IPS officer trainees confirmed this. We’re told Manav also had food after consuming liquor. This is yet to be verified,” the ACP said. The forensic doctors, who performed autopsy, also suggested that there were enough signs indicating that he had gulped liquor.
However, viscera was preserved and sent to forensic science laboratory for scientific evidence in this regard. The ACP said Manav and another IPS officer trainee Vishal Sharma jocularly challenged one another about their swimming skills and jumped into the pool with their clothes on. The point where Manav jumped was nearly 10-foot deep. While Mr. Sharma swam some distance and came back, Manav began waving hand apparently for help after swimming a few feet and eventually drowned.
Three other IPS officer trainees entered the pool and pulled him out. Inquiries revealed that Manav was fairly good at swimming. He also performed well in outdoor events suggesting that he was physically fit, the ACP said.
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