Senior inspector, sub-inspector among seven booked under JJ Act

NAGPUR: Senior inspector Khushal Tijare, sub-inspector Vijay Dhumal and five constables of detection branch wing of Jaripatka police have been slapped with charges under relevant sections of Juvenile justice act on Friday for their alleged role behind parading five minor accused in semi-naked condition last month.
The FIR has been registered at Jaripatka police station by ACP Parshuram Karyakarta. Senior PI Tijare, Dhumal and others have been booked for exposing the identities of the minors and also assaulting them.
The videos of the minors being paraded on the road in underwear through the crowded main road of Jaripatka in north Nagpur on September 23 had gone viral on social media. The minors were rounded up earlier in the day for their alleged role in an armed robbery at a bar on the previous day evening.
City police chief Amitesh Kumar had instituted an inquiry under Asst CP Karyakarta immediately after the incident. The offence was registered after completion of his inquiry. “We are conducting further investigation into the incident,” said Addl CP Navinchandra Reddy.
The Juvenile justice board (JJB) too had learnt to have taken cognizance of the incident. The statements of the minors were also recorded. Following the intervention of the JJB, family members of the three minors had lodged complaints at the Jaripatka police station.