Jodhpur DCP Monika Sain suspends 3 cops during surprise inspection

A surprise checking by the deputy commissioner of police (DCP) West, Jodhpur, Monika Sain, resulted in a bunch of youths laying siege to her vehicle and suspension of three cops who stood there as mute spectators without resorting to their primary task: policing.

The incident happened on the outskirts of Jodhpur city near Kankani. The DCP was patrolling the area late on Thursday night when her vehicle reached Kankani, the village, which had shot to limelight with the alleged deer poaching incident involving actor Salman Khan during the shooting of the film Hum Sath Sath Hain.

“When the DCP along with the plainclothesmen reached the area, some unidentified youth surrounded her vehicle at Kankani,” an official said. Since the police travelling with her were in plain clothes, the youths couldn’t recognize them as cops. The DCP was travelling by a private car, which she had used to inspect the areas falling under her jurisdiction. “She was inspecting the areas of Jhanwar, Luni, Kudi and Basni that night. Her gunman and driver were with her in plain clothes,” the official said.

The youth were later identified as belonging to the Bishnoi community that abounds in the region. The Bishnoi community is known …read more