The police officials are investigating into the incident wherein an accused who was brought to the sessions court was found shopping in a nearby mall with a police escort in tow. The CCTV footage from the mall has revealed that the police escort was not part of the team that brought the accused to court, but from a different unit that was not involved.
Additional commissioner of Local Arms division, Vijay Chavan on Saturday said that a strict action has been initiated against the police official, Santosh Bhosale, who had accompanied Devidas Sakpal, an accused in the Lakhan Bhaiyya murder case, to the mall situated next to the Sessions court. On November 19, accused Sakpal was spotted shopping during court hours. When the prosecution questioned Sakpal about the same, he denied the allegations.
“Bhosale was not the member of the escort party, which had accompanied the accused in the Lakhan Bhaiyya’s fake encounter case to the court. The escort team, which accompanied the accused on November 19, was attached with Local Arms, Naigaon. Bhosale, however, is attached with Local Arms, Marol. Hence, we have taken strict action against him, so that it sets an example for others and they will never attempt such an act and embarrass the police team,” said Mr Chavan.
“We all were shocked to see those news reports. We asked for CCTV footage from the mall and I personally looked in the matter. When I checked the CCTV footage, police escort Bhosale was clearly seen. We have taken strict action against him,” Mr Chavan added.