The Mahisagar district police have launched a probe in reference to a criticism lodged in opposition to the then district Collector Neha Kumari for allegedly making anti-Dalit and anti-tribal remarks throughout an official programme final yr, officers accustomed to the event stated on Thursday. In the meantime, within the newest spherical of transfers of IAS officers Wednesday, Gujarat authorities transferred Kumari from the submit of Mahisagar Collector and appointed her as director of Gujarat State Electronics Mission in Gandhinagar.
The police have despatched the cell phone and a pen drive containing the purported video to the forensic science laboratory (FSL) to verify its authenticity, stated the officers. The police are awaiting FSL report on the identical, sources stated. The event was shared by the workplace of Mahisagar District Superintendent of Police to the Nationwide Fee for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) in an official communication final month.
The NCSC had earlier sought an motion taken report from police authorities in reference to the episode after receiving a criticism from Ahmedabad-based human rights activist Sanjay Parmar. Sanjay can be the Gujarat state convener of Gnati Nirmulan Samiti, a voluntary organisation. In his criticism, Sanjay had referred to a purported video which was shot throughout a SWAGAT (State Vast Consideration on Grievances by Utility of Know-how) programme within the Mahisagar district on October 23 final yr. Sanjay alleged that within the purported video, the then Mahisagar Collector ‘insulted’ a person from the Scheduled Caste neighborhood, Vijay Parmar, who was making a illustration, whereas additionally claiming that 90% of the circumstances registered beneath the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, generally often called Atrocities Act, are being lodged for ‘blackmailing’.
Sanjay has demanded to dismiss the then Mahisagar Collector from service for violation of All India Companies (Conduct) Guidelines, 1968, and to register a legal case in opposition to her for her alleged feedback within the purported video beneath the Atrocities Act. In reference to the communication from NCSC searching for an motion taken report on the episode, the workplace of Mahisagar District Superintendent of Police submitted a report back to the Fee final month.
Sanjay just lately obtained the report. In its report, Mahisagar police said that Vijay, the applicant earlier than the then Collector, had on October 30 final yr given a criticism to police to register an FIR in opposition to her beneath the provisions of the Atrocities Act. He had additionally submitted a pen drive containing the purported video that he had shot on his cell phone. Police stated that they took the cell utilized by Sanjay to shoot the video and the pen drive to FSL in Gandhinagar “for additional examination” in November final yr. Requesting anonymity, a senior police officer of Mahisagar district confirmed the event.
The officer stated, “We’ve despatched the cell phone and the pen drive to verify whether it is genuine or not. Present is the age of Synthetic Intelligence and anybody can current something. We are able to course of the criticism solely after (verifying) authenticity (of the video). We’re but to obtain the FSL report.”
The purported video earlier got here beneath assault by Congress MLA Jignesh Mevani in October with a requirement to register an FIR in opposition to the then Collector. Since then, Mevani has been demanding motion in opposition to Neha Kumar for her alleged “anti-Dalit” and “anti-Adivasi” feedback at the same time as he has been writing to numerous authorities.
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Mevani had additionally raised the problem throughout the Funds session of Gujarat meeting that concluded final month. Neha Kumari has already termed the allegations in opposition to her as baseless and an try and get political mileage.
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