This story is from June 11, 2021

Chargesheets in political offences bolstered with electronic evidence: Nagpur city Police

City police chief Amitesh Kumar has laid out a system that stresses on filing chargesheets, including in political cases, reinforced with electronic evidence.
Chargesheets in political offences bolstered with electronic evidence: Nagpur city Police
Nagpur city police laid downs a system for filing chargesheets, reinforced with electronic evidence. (representative)
NAGPUR: City police chief Amitesh Kumar has laid out a system that stresses on filing chargesheets, including in political cases, reinforced with electronic evidence.
The city police have registered 307 cases against 26 political parties and some other outfits for staging protests and agitations since March 22 last year, in violation of Covid pandemic rules under various provisions.
Out of 307, chargesheets have been filed in 134 cases. Maximum cases were filed against BJP (124), followed by Congress (35), NCP (15) and Shiv Sena (eight).
CP Kumar said inclusion of electronic evidence in every chargesheet, including in political offences, has been made a thumb rule now. “The police station staffers, including their intelligence (khufiya) wing, record protests and agitations in their cameras and we also procure CCTV footages from cameras installed at public places as strong electronic evidence for using them logically in the chargesheets,” said the top cop. “Every chargesheet is being filed after legal scrutiny,” he said.
BJP state spokesperson panellist Chandan Goswami had earlier said they had to launch stirs in the interest of the people when government did not keep it’s promises like reducing power tariff and recoveries. He had also said police dealt with their party more sternly despite their following Covid norms.
The top cop refuted the allegations, saying cops followed universal and impartial strategy of registering offences against all violations of prohibitory orders. “We can vouch for the fact that not a single agitation was spared, irrespective of the party or banner or their affiliations,” said Kumar.
Kumar also refused to admit that there was no fear of law among politicians as the legal enactments lacked teeth. “Every case goes through a certain procedure in the criminal justice system which takes it’s own course before reaching a logical conclusion. Taking action itself is deterrence,” he said.

Congress state spokesperson Atul Londhe said their party had to agitate for vaccine policy and other issues, including unemployment and price rise. “Offences were registered against even Mahatma Gandhi for protests,” he said. “It was only after our agitation that vaccine policy in the country became liberal,” said Londhe.
NCP corporator Duneshwar Pethe said his party mostly followed the democratic and constitutional framework during protest.
Shiv Sena’s city president Nitin Tiwari too said the offences were political in nature and got registered only for their action to help the masses.
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