The enquiry has been ordered based on the Preliminary Enquiry Report of A.S.P Puttur Dr. A.S Rao, who after examining severl Police officers and staff who were deployed for election duty at Bantwal on that day has opined that due to the unprofessional conduct of the said PSI, Shamboor incident took place. It is alleged in the report that the PSI who was put specifically to look after the law and order in the village that after noon , after some minor skirmishes took place between Congress and B.J.P. workers related to polling, left the village on the pretext of escorting the ballot boxes at about 1815 hours. Immediately after that (1830 hrs) stone pelting occurred in the village in which several persons sustained injuries.
The Disciplinary proceedings now initiated under rule 6 of Karnataka State Police (Disciplinary Proceeding) Rules has been assigned to Mr.M.K.Ganapathy CPI Mangalore Rural Circle. During this enquiry which will be a quasi judicial process, if the charges are proved, the officer is liable to the following punishments (as per sec 23 of Karnataka Police Act).
- Dismissal from service
- Removal from service
- Compulsary retirement
- Suspension
- Withholding of increments
- Censure
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