Mumbai Family of POCSO accused ‘threatened by rogue’ woman sub-inspector

The relatives of a 48yearold man framed and arrested by DN Nagar police in connection with a POCSO case are being threatened by a woman police subinspector WPSI to withdraw a criminal writ petition filed against her highhandedness and illegal detention of 41 hoursA writ petition was filed by the cousin of the POCSO accused because the WPSI Anjali Wani who loves to be called a lady Singham started to harass relatives for using the Right to Information Act to prove the illegal detention and to put the law in motion ldquoWPSI Anjali Wani has been making WhatsApp calls to me and my relatives to mount pressure on us to change our advocate She also recommended us an advocate and asked us to hand over all the case documents to this advocaterdquo said the petitionerldquoWhen we did not succumb to her pressure she started threatening me and said she would ruin the lives of my family membersrdquo said the petitioner ldquoShe told me that her batchmates in the police department will falsely implicate me in a complex case so that I rot in jailrdquo said the petitioner Even after the petitioner who is the relative of the POCSO accused submitted a written complaint at Virar police station against Wani the cops have not registered an FIR to datelsquoFalsely implicatedrsquoSpeaking about the POCSO case against the accused his cousin said ldquoHe has been falsely implicated by the owner of a house where he had been staying on rent for the last six years in Andheri The house owner had been asking him to vacate the room fearing it would be grabbed illegally by the tenantrdquoThe accusedrsquos niece said ldquoThe landlord used his underage daughter as a tool to falsely implicate him Now he is imprisoned inside Arthur Road jail and we fear that his health might deterioraterdquoldquoHis one kidney has been removed after it developed cancer a few months ago He needs special care I donrsquot know under what condition he has been living at presentrdquo she addedlsquoIllegal detentionrsquoThe FIR under relevant sections of BNS and POCSO Act was registered against the tenant on September 15 at DN Nagar police station After learning that a case has been registered against him the tenant left for his hometown in Jaunpur district of Uttar PradeshldquoAfter he reached near his village he cut his own wrist with a blade and was found bleeding in an open field near the ancestral village A local passerby identified and rushed him to a doctor or else he would have diedrdquo said a nephew of the POCSO accused A police team led by WPSI Wani and the accusedrsquos relative boarded a flight from Mumbai on September 21 for LucknowldquoThe police team hired a cab from Lucknow airport to the accusedrsquos village They reached a local police station took an enforcement action and arrested him on October 21 Nearly 500 people including Pradhan from the nearby villages had gathered to witness thisrdquo said the nephew of the accusedThe accusedrsquos family members were told by the Mumbai police that he is being taken to Mumbai as he is wanted in a POCSO case ldquoHe was supposed to be produced before the Dindoshi sessions court within 24 hours as per the law But he was produced before the court on September 24 post lunchrdquo said the petitionerldquoWhy did the Mumbai police officers keep him in illegal detention for more than 41 hours What stopped the DN Nagar police from producing him within 24 hours This is nothing but the highhandedness of rogue police officials because their seniors fail to take strict departmental action against themrdquo said the petitionerldquoWe have enough evidence against Wani and her entire police team to prove the misuse of their official positions It was the reason I have filed a criminal writ petition against them in the Bombay High Courtrdquo said the petitionerAdvocate Narendra Dubey the counsel for the petitioner said ldquoThe high court has directed the police to preserve the CCTV footage of September 22 from 130 pm to September 23 2024 till 7 pm of all the entrances of the DN Nagar police station to submit on November 18rdquoWhen contacted WPSI Wani said ldquoThis is my personal number stop calling me here If you want to know anything please speak to the DCP Dikshit GedamrdquoThe zonal Deputy Commissioner of Police Dikshit Gedam said ldquoThe matter is subjudice in the court We will abide by the HC instructionsrdquo ldquoFor other issues highhandedness I have not received any complaint as such If we receive any complaint from the complainant we will take appropriate legal actionrdquo Gedam said