A senior police officer in Karnataka’s Dharwad who had requested voluntary retirement from service (VRS) after Siddaramaiah raised his hand towards him in April, Thursday withdrew his utility after talking to the chief minister and Residence Minister G Parameshwara.
In April, Siddaramaiah raised his hand towards Narayan Barmani, Further Superintendent of Police, Dharwad, on stage throughout a Congress rally in Belagavi. The video went viral, drawing criticism from the Opposition towards the Karnataka chief minister’s high-handedness towards the senior police officer.
Confirming that he spoke to Siddaramaiah and Parameshwara, Barmani mentioned Thursday afternoon, “I work within the disciplinary power. I had expressed my feelings with my seniors, after that senior cops, the chief minister and residential minister spoke to me. I’ll now attend my routine work”.
In the meantime, Residence Minister Parameshwara confirmed that he spoke to Barmani. “I’ll give him a posting. It occurred within the spur of the second, and there was no in poor health intention. It was intentional. Even H Okay Patil (Karnataka Legislation and Parliamentary Affairs Minister) has additionally spoken to him,” mentioned Parameshwara.
‘I broke down earlier than my household’
Barmani’s VRS utility letter, reportedly despatched to Dharwad SP, expressing his disappointment towards the chief minister’s conduct, went viral.
In a three-page letter, Barmani expressed the trauma he skilled after the April incident, and mentioned that information channels broadly reported the CM’s conduct. “After that, after I went dwelling, there was whole silence. I broke down earlier than my household.”
The police officer, with 31 years of expertise, mentioned no senior officers from the police division or the CM’s workplace contacted him. “I could have missed the CM’s slapping, however not the general public humiliation.”
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“After the incident, I went into melancholy, however I returned to my responsibility to overlook the incident. Nevertheless, individuals who got here to me with their issues requested me, ‘If individuals like you’re affected by such issues, how in regards to the frequent public?’ This was additionally mentioned amongst different authorities officers. After I couldn’t get justice for myself, how can I present it to others?” he requested within the letter.