49,000 policemen punished in 41 months
Some 49,000 police personnel, including 12 police supers (SPs) and 10 additional SPs, were punished during the last three years and five months in a bid to uphold the image and discipline of the force.
A top official at the police headquarters said the home ministry and main units of the police department gave these punishments on the basis of allegations against them from January 2007 to May this year.
Of them, 12 are SPs, 10 additional SPs and 31 assistant superintendents of police (ASPs), 248 inspectors and 48,600 are from different ranks starting from sub-inspectors (SI) to constables.
According to a statistics available with the police headquarters, the government gave forced retirement to an SP three months ago for his alleged involvement in massive corruption. Three other SPs were also given minor punishment in 2007, four in 2008, one in 2009 and three others during the period of this government. An Additional SP was given major punishment in 2008 while three others were given minor punishment in 2007, two in 2008 and four in 2009, the statistics added.
Besides, two ASPs were given forced retirement for their alleged involvement in gross misconduct and corruption in 2007, another was given punishment few months back for the same reason, eight ASPs were given minor punishment in 2007, four in 2008 and 11 in 2009 and in the last five months.
Of 248 inspectors, 13 were dismissed for corruption, 32 were given major punishment and 203 were awarded minor punishment during the time.
At the lower level, 218 police personnel were given forced retirement for their alleged involvement in gross misconduct and corruption during the time while 360 were suspended for the same. Besides, 3,348 were given major punishment during the last 41 months while 8677 police personnel were given minor punishment at that time.
When contacted, Nabo Bikram Kishore Tripura, Additional Inspector General of Police, said the home ministry and the police department have taken action against a large number of officers and forces to maintain chain of command in the force.
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