Hyderabad: Kalvakurthy police inspector Y. Mallikarjuna Reddy and additional SP, a woman officer in the ACB, were both suspended from duty on Tuesday, a day after the two were caught cosying up at the latter’s residence in the city.
The order suspending the inspector, who was booked in the case on Monday, was issued by Hyderabad IG Stephen Ravindra. The KPHB police investigating the case recorded the statements of family members of the woman additional SP. Police is likely to serve investigation notices to the inspector.
Meanwhile, the GO issued in the matter stated that it was brought to the notice of the government that the woman officer indulged in moral turpitude with improper and indecorous behaviour of having an adulterous relationship with Y. Mallikarjuna Reddy. And that she had exhibited reprehensible conduct and brought disrepute to the profession, and lowered the image of the police department in the eyes of public. The government also ordered her not to leave the headquarters without prior permission during the period of suspension.
On their part, the woman officer’s husband and the family met DGP M. Mahender Reddy seeking action against Mallikarjuna Reddy. They claimed that he had trapped the woman officer and was troubling them. Her husband claimed that he had received life threats from the inspector, and sought police protection.
Police also verified the visitors’ register at the apartment and collected other pieces of evidence from the spot.
“The CCTV footage has been retrieved from the apartment. The call data records of the additional SP and the inspector are also being analysed,” said N. Bhujanga Rao, ACP Kukatpally. Police said that the additional SP and the inspector were found entering the apartment at around 11.30 on Sunday night.
The officer’s husband, who met the DGP earlier, said he sought stringent action and demanded the termination of Mallikarjuna Reddy’s service. “Though I came to know of this affair two years ago, I have accepted my wife after she apologised. But the inspector later forced her to continue with the relationship. As a result, she too betrayed me and resumed relations with him.” he said.
