Corporator's husband held for abusing cops

  • | Tuesday | 27th June, 2017

The family members were constantly contacting me, but as it was night, I sent my husband to the chowkey , but my husband was insulted and verbally abused. The police on duty became angry when my husband said he would take the matter to the higher ups, she said. "False news was being spread that my husband was drunk and beat up the police. After sometime, the person's brother came to the chowkey to lodge the complaint. " When one of the constables started recording the incident on his cellphone, Gholap snatched it and deleted the recording. "

PUNE: The Nigdi police on Monday morning arrested Anil alias Bapu Gholap, husband of Bharatiya Janata Party 's Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation corporator Kamal Gholap , for abusing and manhandling police personnel at the Yamunanagar police chowkey .Gholap has been arrested under Sections 353 (assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty), 332 (voluntarily causing hurt to deter public servant from his duty) and 186 (obstructing public servant in discharge of public functions) of IPC.Senior inspector Vijaykumar Palsule of Nigdi police station told TOI that one person from Ota Scheme in Nigdi had lodged a complaint on Sunday night. As the person had sustained injuries, he was sent to the hospital first for treatment. After sometime, the person's brother came to the chowkey to lodge the complaint. " As the man's brother did not know anything about the incident, he was told to wait till his brother could get back from the hospital," Palsule said.Palsule said Gholap came to the police chowkey around midnight and started abusing the police constables for not taking the complaint. When one of the constables started recording the incident on his cellphone, Gholap snatched it and deleted the recording. " After receiving the alert, police inspector Shankar Autade reached the spot. Gholap used abusive language against him too," Palsule said.When contacted, corporator Kamal Gholap said, " A youth was beaten up and the police were not taking the complaint of his mother, who was sitting at the Yamunanagar police chowkey since 9pm on Sunday . The family members were constantly contacting me, but as it was night, I sent my husband to the chowkey , but my husband was insulted and verbally abused."Gholap alleged that the police were shielding the suspect in the case due to financial interests. The police on duty became angry when my husband said he would take the matter to the higher ups, she said."False news was being spread that my husband was drunk and beat up the police. I will meet police commissioner Rashmi Shukla and demand action against the corrupt police," Gholap added.

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