Cops get corporal punishment forhelping rape accused ex-inspector

Kanpur: In perhaps first of its kind case, two constables have been awarded corporal punishment for bending official rules for a retired police inspector, Dinesh Chandra Tripathi, who is accused of raping his tenant’s minor daughter recently.
Instead of using an official vehicle, the policemen had allowed Tripathi to use a private car to reach Mati Court in Kanpur Dehat district in connection with a hearing a few days ago.
After the matter was highlighted by the media, police commissioner Asim Kumar Arun had deputed ADCP Basant Lal to conduct a probe and submit a report in this regard.
In the investigation, both the constables were found to be guilty and they have been awarded with corporal punishment. In the corporal punishment, both the policeman have been asked to walk around the Parade ground for two hours in the morning and two hours in the evening carrying guns on their shoulders. Not only this, the entry of punishment will be done in their character register.
Tripathi, a resident of Prayagraj, owns a house in a colony in Chakeri. He had rented it to a couple hailing from Maharajpur area of the district.
On August 8 night, it is alleged that Tripathi had raped the couple’s 13-year-old daughter. Subsequently, the girl’s parents lodged an FIR and Tripathi was arrested by the Chakeri police and sent to jail.
On August 19, Tripathi was to be taken to appear in a case in Kanpur Dehat’s Mati Court. “He was allowed to use a private vehicle from Kanpur jail to Mati court, whereas according to rules, he should have been taken by a government vehicle,” said a police source.
After the media highlighted the issue, the police commissioner asked the ADCP to conduct a probe and submit a report. It came to fore that the head constable Prem Pal and constable Dharmendra had taken the accused retired inspector from jail to present him in the court. Under the influence of the retired inspector, both allowed him to use a private car to reach Mati court. The car was arranged by Tripathi.
The police commissioner said that both the policemen were found guilty of ignoring the rules.
“They have been given a seven-day corporal punishment, in which they will have to make rounds of the Parade ground for two hours in the morning and evening, carrying official guns on their shoulders. Also, adverse entry will be made in their character register,” he added.