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TRANSFERRED Cop who was beaten up by MLAs gets transferred to Sangli
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early a fortnight after having his suspension revoked, Sub-inspector Sachin Suryavanshi was transferred to his home town, Sangli, on Friday. According to officials in the state Director General’s (DG) office, the cop had submitted an application requesting a transfer to Sangli. However, Home Department sources confirmed that Suryavanshi, till now posted at Worli’s Traf-
fic Control room, was being shunted to the Sangli Police Training Centre. In March, there was an altercation between Suryavanshi and BVA MLA Ksitij Thakur at the Bandra-Worli Sea Link. Subsequently, a Breach of Privilege Motion was put forth and Suryavanshi was spotted and beaten up in the premises of the state Legislative Assembly by Thakur and another MLA Ram Kadam. All the MLAs involved with the case were then sus-
pended and had their suspensions revoked on July 24. According to the transfer order, Suryavanshi has been ordered reach Sangli within the next 24 hours, while he himself has stated that he would not move anywhere until the probe was complete. Though the state Director General of Police (DGP) has made it clear that the cop was transferred at his own request, the buzz is that this is a clear case of political vendetta. Azad Shrivastav | ADC
A TRIBUTE: Yesterday morning, the BMC officially paid homage to the memory of freedom fighters at the August Kranti Maidan in Gowalia Tank, from where Mahatma Gandhi issued his historic ‘Quit India’ call to the British 71 years ago, on August 8, 1942. Security guards from the BMC lay down wreaths of flowers and petals on the steps leading up to the Gandhi Smruti Stambh located in the Maidan at Gowalia Tank.
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