New Delhi: Under attack for the "casual" probe into the hit-and-run case involving businessman Alister Pereira, Mumbai police on Saturday said strict action will be taken against investigating officers if any lapses are found.
"We have not yet received a copy of the judgement but we will take strict action against those involved in the probe if any lapses are found in the investigations," PTI quoted Mumbai Police Commissioner D N Jadhav as saying.
Alister Pereira, the son of a Mumbai businessman who was charged with running his car over seven people sleeping on a Mumbai pavement in suburban Bandra last year, was held guilty for causing death not amounting to culpable homicide. He has been sentenced to six months imprisonment and fined Rs 5,00,000.
The court, however, criticised the police for its investigation, which it said, “was done casually.”
The judge who gave the ruling on Friday has come down heavily against the police. Isn’t there a disturbing pattern in most high-profile cases related to drunken driving, in which the police always are accused of shoddy investigation?
“There was a time when the Mumbai Police was supposed to be the best police force in the country, but I was shocked when the policeman came to the court and said that I could not recognise the photograph because I was not wearing my glasses!” civic activist Kshama Kulkarni said.
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