Delhi Police Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Manasvi Vashishta, who led a protest by police personnel outside the force’s headquarters on Monday, has been suspended, a day after hundreds of officers gathered to oppose the transfer of two officers following a confrontation with lawyers in east Delhi’s Shahdara.
Vashishta and Shahdara station house officer (SHO) Arun Kumar were transferred after lawyers called an indefinite strike over the handling of an assault case involving advocate Lalit Bansal. The advocate had sustained a head injury during an alleged altercation.
The lawyers had accused Vashishta and Kumar of threatening advocates who visited the police station seeking action against those accused in the assault case.
On Monday, around 500 Delhi Police personnel, including women officers, assembled outside the police headquarters on Jai Singh Road, demanding a meeting with Police Commissioner Anurag Kumar and seeking action against the lawyers involved in the confrontation.
Leading the gathering, Vashishta called for a standard operating procedure (SOP) to deal with confrontations involving lawyers and police personnel.
"Our demands are clear. We need to meet CP sir. There needs to be an SOP to deal with such matters. If this happens to us, how will we fight to save the people of the city," he said.
The protesting personnel also sought a grievance redressal mechanism and safeguards for police officers against alleged intimidation at police stations and courtrooms.
The police commissioner subsequently met a delegation of officers and heard their grievances.
Comments (0)