Reported By: | Edited By: DNA Web Group |Source: PTI |Updated: Feb 16, 2022, 06: 15 PM IST
A Mumbai police constable, who had labored as a bodyguard to actor Amitabh Bachchan till August 2021, has been suspended for alleged impropriety and violation of carrier norms, an legit said on Wednesday.
The orders to droop the constable, Jitendra Shinde, had been issued on Tuesday and a departmental inquiry has been initiated against him, he said.
Shinde change into earlier posted with the protection and security branch of the Mumbai Police. He had labored as a bodyguard to Amitabh Bachchan from 2015 till August 2021 when he change into shunted out by Mumbai Police Commissioner Hemant Nagrale after it emerged that his annual earnings are presupposed to the tune of Rs 1.5 crore. After August 2021, Shinde change into posted at DB Mar police role in Mumbai.
When asked about the explicit reason for Shinde’s suspension, a senior Mumbai Police legit said that the constable had travelled to Dubai and Singapore at the least four instances with out informing his superiors.
As per the carrier guidelines, he should always possess sought permission from his seniors to recede abroad, he said. Shinde has also opened a security agency in the name of his wife which change into offering security to the Bachchan family, however the transactions about fees mirrored in his checking story and never in the bank accounts of his wife, the legit said.
Prima facie, Shinde had also purchased some properties, which change into now not disclosed by him, he added.
After suspending Shinde, the Mumbai police commissioner assign of abode up an inquiry committee headed by Dilip Sawant, Extra Commissioner of Police (South), the legit added.
Amitabh Bachchan is equipped ‘X’ category security below which four police constables provide him security in two shifts.
