<p>A departmental enquiry has been initiated against an investigating officer in a mobile phone theft case at the HAL police station after the owner of the mobile, a woman, alleged that the officer persuaded her not to register a molestation complaint. <br /><br />On March 5, 2017, Sunday, the owner of a paying guest accommodation where the woman stayed, had registered a theft complaint after an unidentified man entered the PG building through the terrace, wielding a knife and robbed the woman of her cell phone. <br /><br />It was learnt that the woman escaped from the culprit by locking herself in her bathroom. The incident happened at around 2 am on Sunday at AECS Layout under HAL police station limits. After the PG hostel owner lodged a complaint, the city police identified the culprit as Shivarama Reddy, a habitual offender, through CCTV footage. The police, on Tuesday, shot him in his leg when he attacked the policemen.<br /><br />Meanwhile, when the woman approached the HAL police inspector once again to lodge a molestation complaint against the suspect, the inspector discouraged her from registering a complaint. “We have received a complaint against an investigation officer and we have ordered a departmental enquiry,” said Hemant Nimbalkar, Additional Commissioner (East).<br /> </p>
<p>A departmental enquiry has been initiated against an investigating officer in a mobile phone theft case at the HAL police station after the owner of the mobile, a woman, alleged that the officer persuaded her not to register a molestation complaint. <br /><br />On March 5, 2017, Sunday, the owner of a paying guest accommodation where the woman stayed, had registered a theft complaint after an unidentified man entered the PG building through the terrace, wielding a knife and robbed the woman of her cell phone. <br /><br />It was learnt that the woman escaped from the culprit by locking herself in her bathroom. The incident happened at around 2 am on Sunday at AECS Layout under HAL police station limits. After the PG hostel owner lodged a complaint, the city police identified the culprit as Shivarama Reddy, a habitual offender, through CCTV footage. The police, on Tuesday, shot him in his leg when he attacked the policemen.<br /><br />Meanwhile, when the woman approached the HAL police inspector once again to lodge a molestation complaint against the suspect, the inspector discouraged her from registering a complaint. “We have received a complaint against an investigation officer and we have ordered a departmental enquiry,” said Hemant Nimbalkar, Additional Commissioner (East).<br /> </p>
