Mangalore: Rape Case - Ravindra Gadadi Removed from ACP Post
Daijiworld Media Network - Mangalore (PS)
Mangalore, Feb 20: In an interesting development, ACP Ravindra Gadadi has been relieved from his post and appointed as special duty officer in the city police commissioner's office.
The move comes in the wake of former mayor Ashraf's detention on Sunday February 19 night in connection with the rape case, wherein a 13-year-old girl was allegedly raped for almost a year by two men. The accused have been absconding since then.
Speaking to reporters, police commissioner Seemanth Kumar Singh confirmed the news and said that Gadadi has been relieved of his post as 'he did not handle the rape case properly.' He also said that the accused Wahid and Mubarak could have been arrested if appropriate action had been initiated.
Following the news of a minor girl's revelation that she had been raped by the two men repeatedly since April, former mayor Ashraf was taken for questioning by Gadadi on Sunday night on allegations that he had given shelter to the rape accused. A large crowd gathered at the Bunder police station where Ashraf was taken, and protested against the police action. Seemanth Kumar Singh also had arrived on the spot and taken Gadadi to task, it is learnt.
However, sources said that Gadadi had only followed the orders of the police commissioner in taking Ashraf for questioning.