Woman constable to face inquiry

Surat: City police commissioner R B Brahmbhatt has ordered an inquiry into the controversy that involves a female lok rakshak police constable, Sunita Yadav, who is heard using abusive language in an audio recording.
Audio call recordings of Yadav talking with her senior officers have also gone viral. Police suspect that Yadav herself made the audio clips viral.
According to sources in the department, friends of Prakash Kanani, son of minister of state for health, Kishor alias Kumar Kanani, entered into argument on Thursday night. Yadav was posted on an internal road near Mini Bazaar in Varachha when the incident took place at around 10.30 pm.
“Friends of my son were out for treatment of a Covid positive patient when the policewomen stopped them. They called up my son for help. However, when my son reached there to help, the woman started abusing everybody including my son,” Kanani told TOI.
Kanani demanded that a fair inquiry should be done by the police and punish the guilty. He claimed that his son did not say anything insulting to the woman, but asserted that he too should be punished if he had done anything wrong.
“The audio recording that went viral is edited portion. She was abjectly abusive, hurling profanities at all those present there. As a police officer she has the right to enforce law, but cannot abuse and insult people,” Kanani added.
In the audio, the woman is heard hurling expletives. Meanwhile, Yadav went on sick leave and she has informed her senior officers in police head quarter that she has cold and viral infection.
Despite several attempts, the woman constable was not available for her comments. “The cop is on leave due to cold and viral infection,” said a police officer at head quarter. Yadav is posted in the head quarters and was assigned bandobust duty in Varachha.
“I have been ordered to inquire into the incident and behaviour of the woman. It is clear that she made the audio recordings viral in which she is using abusive language,” said C K Patel, assistant commissioner of police.
“I ordered thorough inquiry into the incident. Based on the detailed report actions will be taken against those found responsible for unlawful behaviour,” said city police commissioner R B Brahmbhatt.
Sources in police informed that the woman’s point of duty was changed thrice in past few days. B N Sagar, police inspector of Varachha police station, visited twice to point of duty of the woman in recent past after locals complained against her. Her senior officers have received photos of her forcing people to do sit-ups on road and also of abusing people.