Hubballi: The war of words between police commissioner R Dileep and deputy commissioner (law and order) P Krishnakant refuses to die.
Two days after DCP Krishnakant penned a letter to the higher ups and commissioner R Dileep alleging that the latter declined to give him appointment to discuss a sensitive case multiple times, now it’s the commissioner’s turn.
This comes even as district in-charge minister Jagadish Shettar offered to intervene and resolve the feud between the officers which is causing serious embarrassment to the police department.
The commissioner issued a memo to the DCP on October 4, regarding a wild allegation of corruption that the latter made against his subordinate, deputy commissioner (crime and traffic). The memo came to light on Thursday.
In the memo issued to the DCP, the commissioner said: “On October 3 at 10.30 pm you called me on my home office landline, and made unsavoury allegation of corruption against DCP (crime and traffic) and other officers whom you did not name.”
“This is a very serious matter, you are instructed to submit a report immediately with clear actionable facts and officer concerned for further necessary action,” he stated.
“You made similar complaints in the past orally, or over telephone or mobile, but when specifically asked to submit a report in writing on the issue, you had taken a ‘U’ turn and refuted to have made such complaints,” read the memo.
“You may please note that such wild allegations and subsequent somersaults will have a negative reflection on your credibility and it would also weaken the team spirit within the unit, leading to adverse repercussions on law and order and other functional process for which you would be squarely responsible,” the memo concludes.
“It’s not right to speak on the issue now. It’s an internal matter,” said DCP (crime and traffic) RB Basaragi who was also mentioned in the memo.
Despite multiple attempts by TOI, DCP and commissioner refused to comment on the memo.
Two days after DCP Krishnakant penned a letter to the higher ups and commissioner R Dileep alleging that the latter declined to give him appointment to discuss a sensitive case multiple times, now it’s the commissioner’s turn.
This comes even as district in-charge minister Jagadish Shettar offered to intervene and resolve the feud between the officers which is causing serious embarrassment to the police department.
The commissioner issued a memo to the DCP on October 4, regarding a wild allegation of corruption that the latter made against his subordinate, deputy commissioner (crime and traffic). The memo came to light on Thursday.
In the memo issued to the DCP, the commissioner said: “On October 3 at 10.30 pm you called me on my home office landline, and made unsavoury allegation of corruption against DCP (crime and traffic) and other officers whom you did not name.”
“This is a very serious matter, you are instructed to submit a report immediately with clear actionable facts and officer concerned for further necessary action,” he stated.
“You made similar complaints in the past orally, or over telephone or mobile, but when specifically asked to submit a report in writing on the issue, you had taken a ‘U’ turn and refuted to have made such complaints,” read the memo.
“You may please note that such wild allegations and subsequent somersaults will have a negative reflection on your credibility and it would also weaken the team spirit within the unit, leading to adverse repercussions on law and order and other functional process for which you would be squarely responsible,” the memo concludes.
“It’s not right to speak on the issue now. It’s an internal matter,” said DCP (crime and traffic) RB Basaragi who was also mentioned in the memo.
Despite multiple attempts by TOI, DCP and commissioner refused to comment on the memo.
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