Cops who turned blind eye to touts suspended.AS DELHI tries to ready itself for the Commonwealth Games Commonwealth games, series of amateur athletic meets held among citizens of countries in the Commonwealth of Nations. Originated (1930) as the British Empire games, the series is held every four years and is patterned after the Olympic games; women have participated , the menace of touts who harass passengers the moment they arrive at airports is proving to be an irremediable ir·re·me·di·a·ble adj. Impossible to remedy, correct, or repair; incurable or irreparable: irremediable errors in judgment. ir problem. Having been unable to drive the touts away, the Delhi Police The Delhi Police has the task of policing the National Capital Region of Delhi, India. Police Commissioner of Delhi heads Delhi Police. Delhi Police is one of the largest metropolitan police in the world. top brass has taken action against its own men. After an inquiry revealed that officers at the Palam airport police station take no action against the unwarranted presence of the touts, its station house officer ( SHO) along with six constables who were working under him, were suspended. Sources said there had been regular complaints of a network of agents who used to whisk passengers in private vehicles while a prepaid taxi stand taxi stand n. A reserved area where waiting taxicabs are parked. already existed. But an anonymous complaint that reached police commissioner Y. S. Dadwal pointed fingers at policemen at the airport police station. " An inquiry was ordered into the allegations against the staff of the police station and the investigating team videographed the goings- on at the airport. It turned out that the cops stationed at the airport were simply acting as bystanders," a police officer said. What angered the police brass even more was that three of the erring constables had been specially deputed to prevent touts from operating at the Indira Gandhi International Airport Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport (IATA: DEL, ICAO: VIDP), located in the city of New Delhi, Delhi is one of India's main domestic and international gateways. . When contacted, joint commissioner of police ( operations) Satyendra Garg confirmed that " action had been taken against the SHO, Inspector Raj Kumar, and some other staff, who have been suspended". Copyright 2009 India Today This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. Group. All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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