Daijiworld Media Network - Bhubneshwar (SD)

Bhubneshwar, Mar 30: The district superintendent of police suspended a sub-inspector on charges of misconduct and dereliction of duty for allegedly making a pregnant woman walk for three kilometers while helmet checking drive.

Officer-in-charge (OIC) of Sarat police station in Mayurbhanj district, Reena Baxal was suspended with immediate effect from March 28 and attached to Baripada Headquarters, by the Mayurbhanj SP. Reena Baxal has been asked to hand over the charge of the police station to assistant sub inspector BD Dasmohapatra.

The pregnant woman and her husband accused the officer in charge (OIC) of torturing her followed which the action was taken against the sub-inspector.

Gurubari, was on the way to Udala sub-divisional hospital for a health check-up with her husband Bikram Biruli on a bike when the police stopped them. While Bikram was wearing a helmet, Gurubari was not.

The OIC paid no heed to Bikram's claim that his wife was not wearing helmet due to her health conditions and slapped a fine of Rs 500 for violating traffic rules under the Motor Vehicles Act.

Reena Baxal also allegedly forced Bikram to go to the nearest police station to pay the fine, leaving his wife at the spot. However, the pregnant woman also made a grueling three-kilometer journey on foot in the scorching heat.

Based on the inquiry report, the superintendent of police has suspended the officer.