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Mapusa PSI dismissed for misconduct
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Another police sub-inspector (PSI) recruited during the BJP
regime, was dismissed from service for unsatisfactory conduct.
PSI D K Sawant, who was attached to the Mapusa police station,
is the second PSI to be dismissed from service following the
earlier dismissal of Ponda PSI Ramkrishna Mangueshkar,
who was held responsible for the disappearance of diesel from
17 barrels that were seized in a raid.
PSI Sawant, who had been suspended following an inquiry into
complaints received against him by the Mapusa Merchants
Association for his misconduct and threats of extortion, was
issued his termination letter by the department late in the evening
on June 2.
It may be recalled that PSI Sawant had accompanied a delegation
of officials from the science and technology department to verify
the gauge of the polythene bags being used by the Mapusa traders
in the bazaar.
A trader who had a stock of bags beyond the prescribed limit of
20 microns, got into a verbal argument with the PSI, alleging that
the police were seeking to extort more money from him and began
abusing the police.
This infuriated PSI Sawant, who publicly assaulted the trader
(who was bleeding with a cut on his eye) and later had him admitted
in the GMC, Bambolim as well as the ENT hospital, Mapusa for
medical treatment, claiming him to be an accused in a case.
The trader, then, complained to the Mapusa Merchants
Association as well as to then North Goa SP Sharad Aggarwal,
who conducted an inquiry into the matter and forced the PSI to
tender his written apology.
"But there had been other complaints against the probationary
officer, PSI Sawant including reporting drunk for duty that led to
his dismissal from service," disclosed DIG Mishra.
Incidentally, some years ago, the same PSI, it was alleged,
as a student activist, was part of a group that had blackened
the face of a Congress leader, sources informed.
Meanwhile, two inquiries are presently in progress as to the
conduct of two female police officers (one PSI and the other,
an ASI). While the lady PSI is said to have stolen some flower
vases during the IFFI event from the INOX complex, the Assistant
sub-inspector (ASI) is reported to have asked for a bribe of Rs 500.
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HERALD 4/05/06 page 3
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