Anand/Ahmedabad: Gujarat Home Department on Tuesday suspended three more policemen, including a deputy superintendent, in connection with the hooch tragedy that has claimed over 130 live.
With this, 14 police personnel from three districts --
Kheda, Anand and Ahmdabad-- have been suspended in connection
with the hooch tragedy, police sources said.
Continuing the crackdown on those responsible for the
hooch tragedy, 11 bootleggers, including 10 women, were today
arrested in Ahmedabad, they said.
D D Damor DySP of Kapadwanj range in Kehda, under
which Mahemdabad taluka where the spurious liquor was brewed
falls, was suspended by the Home Department, police official
said.
"The DySP (Damor) has been suspended for his inability
to stop the transport of spurious liquor from Mahendabad to
Ahmedabad," District Superintendent of Police Himanshu Shukla
told agency. "He has been transfered to Amreli," he added.
Damor was the DySP of the area where the main accused
of the hooch tragedy Vinod Chauhan alias Dagri, who has been
arrested brewed the spurious liquor spiked with mehtanol.
Circle Police Inspector (CPI) D T Vadalia, and Vasad
SI, S D Patel, of Anand district were also suspended today,
district police officials said.
Vadalia and Patel were posted in the area from where
another accused in the case Jayesh Thakkar operated, they
said.
With today's suspension, the number of police personnel
from three districts--Kheda, Anand and Ahmedabad-- suspended
in connection with the hooch tragedy went up to 14.
Meanwhile, the Ahmedabad crime branch investigating the
cases today arrested 11 bootlegger, including 10 women, from
different parts of the city.
As many as 39 police personnel, mostly constables, from
hooch affected areas of the city were transfered for failing
to stop the illegal liquor trade, police said.
"Thirty-nine police personnel of constable and head
constable level have been transfered yesterday after an order
from the DGP office," JCP H P Singh said.
Bureau Report
First Published: Tuesday, July 21, 2009, 21:17