Congress Delegation Urges Suspension Of Inspector Over Alleged Lathi-Cost

A delegation led by Congress chief Mohan Joshi submitted an announcement to Police Commissioner Ritesh Kumar on Saturday, demanding the fast suspension of Chaturshringi Police Station Inspector Balaji Pandhre.

The demand stems from an incident the place Pandhre allegedly lathi-charged leaders, activists, and journalists of the Mahavikas Aghadi throughout a program on Friday.

The delegation, which included MLA Ravindra Dhangekar, Shiv Sena Metropolis Chief Gajanan Tharkude, Abhay Chhajed, and others, known as for immediate motion towards the official.

Congress employees, together with Kasba MLA Ravindra Dhangekar and Mohan Joshi, discovered themselves in a heated confrontation with the police through the inauguration of a water tank in Asha Nagar in Pune on Friday.

A viral video captured the extraordinary second, revealing Dhangekar and Joshi questioning the perceived mistreatment of Congress employees, seemingly handled as in the event that they had been criminals.

This conflict occurred on the inauguration occasion the place Congress and ruling events are disputing credit score for the newly constructed water tank in Ward No. 11. Former corporator Datta Bahirat took centre stage in a press convention, asserting the pivotal function of Congress within the tank’s building efforts.

Bahirat declared plans for the tank’s inauguration on Republic Day, underscoring the involvement of Congress employees, with steadfast help from Joshi and Dhangekar. The press convention held on Thursday turned a platform for Bahirat to accuse native BJP MLAs of unjustly in search of credit score for the water tank.

Congress claimed that BJP MLA Siddharth Shirole reportedly took this system as his personal with out consulting Datta Bahirat.

An announcement to the police commissioner expressed the delegation’s protest, stating, ”We protest that we now have been handled like inveterate criminals.”

Moreover, journalists and a cameraman from the newspaper group had been allegedly assaulted and had their tools confiscated, they claimed.

In response to the incident, a committee has been appointed to conduct an inquiry, and its report is anticipated inside three days. The Police Commissioner assured the delegation that acceptable motion could be taken towards these concerned within the lathi-charge.