The Yogi Adityanath government has suspended 2 cops in Noida for failing to invoke the SC/ ST Act and the Uttar Pradesh anti-conversion Act against a criminal named Muhammad Rameez.
According to reports, Rameez pretended to be ‘Vikas’ on social media and entrapped a Hindu Dalit woman in a love relationship for 2 years.
The Muslim man promised to marry the victim but instead made intimate videos, which he later used to blackmail her.
Rameez later absconded with her money and jewellery. Although the victim approached the Noida Phase-3 police multiple times, she was turned away again and again.
Forced by circumstances, she sought help from the local Bajrang Dal unit, which later protested outside the police station on Tuesday (17th March).
Later that day, a case was registered against Rameez under Sections 69, 351 and 308 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS). On Thursday (19th March), the accused was apprehended by the police.
A preliminary inquiry was thereafter initiated against one officer and two others were suspended for failing to add relevant sections of the Uttar Pradesh anti-conversion Act and the SC/ST Act against Rameez.
A senior police officer told The Indian Express, “Due to the non-inclusion of these relevant sections, an explanation has been sought from DCP Central Noida, Shakti Mohan Awasthi, and a preliminary inquiry has been initiated against ACP-1 Central Noida, Umesh Yadav.”
“The Station In-charge of Phase-3, Puneet Kumar, and the Investigating Officer (Sub-Inspector) Preeti Gupta have been suspended with immediate effect,” he added.
