VADODARA: Navapura police sub-inspector DS Patel, who was accused of beating an 18-year-old for not wearing face mask on Tuesday, was transferred to the police control room on Wednesday.
“The boy wasn’t wearing a mask and he said that he didn’t have enough money to pay the penalty.
But there was no need to take him to the police station.
The on-duty cop should have noted his address and taken the fine later.
I have transferred Patel and ordered an inquiry against him to find out if he had assaulted the boy,” said Shamsher Singh, police commissioner.
On Tuesday, the teenager Ritham Patel’s car was stopped near Polo Ground as he wasn’t wearing a mask.
Ritham said that when he pointed out that two cops sitting in the police control room van nearby were also not wearing face masks, he was allegedly beaten by the policemen including Patel.
He was taken to the police station and allowed to leave after his uncle paid the fine.
Ritham later got admitted to SSG Hospital as he felt uneasy.
Patel is the same cop who had allegedly assaulted former Vadodara MP, Satyajit Gaekwad over face mask issue near Polo Ground last year.
An argument ensued between Gaekwad and Patel as the cops didn’t have challan book.
Patel then allegedly assaulted Gaekwad.
On Wednesday, Gaekwad met Singh and urged him to act strictly against Patel for his misbehaviour with the public.