Moodbidri police inspector suspended over allegations of misbehaviour with women

Moodbidri police inspector suspended pending inquiry over allegations of misbehaviour and inappropriate conduct towards women.

Mangaluru City Police Commissioner Sudheer Kumar Reddy on Tuesday kept Moodbidri police inspector P.G. Sandesh under suspension pending departmental inquiry for alleged misbehaviour with women.

The suspension followed a preliminary inquiry by the Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), North Sub Division, into complaints of a few women to the Karnataka State Commission for Women that the police inspector (PI) used to harass them.

A couple of women addressed a press conference in Mangaluru on Tuesday, alleging the PI sought sexual favours from women visiting the police station for any official work. Alternatively, he demanded bribes, the women alleged.

Mr. Reddy, in his order, said the preliminary inquiry did not substantiate the allegation of demanding sexual favour, but corroborated allegations of misbehaviour upon verification of a couple of videos where the PI spoke inappropriately with a woman. For this reason, he was being kept under suspension, the commissioner said.