Cuttack: The disappearance of seven quintals of seized ganja from a government railway police (GRP) station here a few months ago has triggered an ugly fight between two police associations, with each group blaming the other.
The incident not only exposed the loopholes in the police administration, but also seen police officials washing their dirty linen in public.
“The officials responsible for disappearance of seized contraband are going scot-free with only departmental proceedings against them and sometimes transfer,” said Orissa Constable, Havildar and Sipoys Confederation (OCHSC) president Santosh Satpathy.
“We met the former director general of police (DGP) and demanded a high-level inquiry into the matter, but no case has been filed in this regard so far. While higher officials are going scot-free, lower-rank employees are being made scapegoats,” Satpathy added.
On the other hand, Orissa Police Association secretary Jyotiranjan Samantray refused to make any counter comment on the allegations of the OCHSC and said the matter was investigated thrice.
“These allegations are baseless. The officials got a clean chit in the matter. The associations are meant for collective interest. They should not be used to settle personal scores,” Samantray added.
Notably, seven quintals of ganja seized during a crackdown had gone missing from GRP police station May 7 this year. Later, SP (railways) had ordered a probe into the matter. A constable and an inspector-in-charge of GRP were suspended following the incident.
OCHSC president said, “Action was taken grudgingly against some employees. There has been a conspiracy against our association. The seizing of ganja was captured on CCTV camera. However, the ganja went missing from the police station later. We have the audio and video CDs of the ganja being seized.”
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