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Assam Police

Assam Police SI suspended for wearing religious skull cap

| @indiablooms | Nov 10, 2020, at 08:59 pm

Guwahati: Assam police suspended a Sub-Inspector of Assam Police Radio Organisation (APRO) for allegedly wearing religious skull cap while on duty.

The suspended Sub-Inspector has been identified as Md Choukat Ali.

A photograph of the police officer went viral on social media where he was seen as wearing religious skull cap with police uniform while on duty.

In an order issued on Monday by the Superintendent of Police (Communication), Headquarter-II stated that – “SI (Opr) 198331837 Md. Choukat Ali of APRO, MCC, Dispur is hereby placed under suspension with immediate effect until further order, for his indisciplined and unbecoming conduct, as he willfully violated the Uniform Rule which is serious indiscipline.”

The order also stated that, Md Choukat Ali is closed to reserve branch of APRO headquarter, Ulubari in Guwahati.

“Department proceeding is also drawn up against him under section 65 of Assam Police Act 2007 read with rule-66 of Assam Police Manual Pt-III and Article 311 of the Constitution of India and rule 7 of Assam Service (Discipline and Appeal) Rules 1964 for his indisciplined and unbecoming conduct, rendering him until retention in the Police Force,” said in the order.


(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)

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