Inspector, sub-inspector placed under suspension in Tiruppur

The police officers were suspended for not registering a case following seizure of ganja and not informing senior authorities regarding the bail of an accused

Tiruppur City Commissioner of Police, V. Vanitha, placed an Inspector and Sub-Inspector under suspension on Friday on charges of misconduct that included not registering a case following seizure of ganja and not informing senior authorities regarding the bail of an accused. The suspension order was issued on Friday to Inspector (Crime in-charge) B. Jaishankar and Sub-Inspector M.C. Pandithurai, who were attached to the Tiruppur Central police station. Top sources in the Tiruppur City Police said on Saturday that Jaishankar was earlier the Law and Order Inspector when he and the Sub-Inspector seized around 3 kg of ganja from four persons on June 25 at a check-post in the city. However, no case was registered in this regard, following which Ms. Vanitha transferred him to the cyber crime unit and made him Inspector (Crime in-charge), sources said.