Maharashtra Police officials with drug links to face lay-off-Devendra Fadnavis
Maharashtra Police officials with drug links to face lay-off-Devendra Fadnavis
In a new development Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday stated that those state police personnel with drug links will not just face suspension but also laid-off from service
under (Article) 311 (of the Constitution),
Talking to reporters here, Fadnavis reiterated that anyone involved in the manufacturing and peddling of drugs will be booked under harsh laws.
Constitution’s Article 311 purports to the lay-off or
abatement in rank of persons employed in civil capacities under the Centre or a state.
This action by the Maharashtra Dy.CM Devendra Fadnavis and the subsequent Police campaign comes in a bid to make Maharashtra drug-free with raids being undertaken in every district.
Fadnavis further added that Work is happening at the national level and the inter-state movement of gangs involved in the drug trade is being monitored. The state police have confiscated drugs worth hundreds of crores of rupees.
Reportedly, Fadnavis-led home department were in for criticism, especially from the Shiv Sena (UBT) over the escape of alleged drug racketeer Lalit Patil from a government hospital in Pune on October 2. Patil was arrested near Bengaluru a few days later.
Nine police personnel were suspended after Patil’s escape. Patil, who was in jail for about a year, was found to have access to a mobile phone while in hospital, a police official had said. He was allegedly peddling drugs even while undergoing treatment and had been named in a new case only three days ago.
Fadnavis also added that charges boomerang against those who level them. Last month, Fadnavis had claimed that Patil was the chief of the Nashik district of the undivided Shiv Sena when it was helmed by Uddhav Thackeray.
News Edit K.V.Raman
