Hyderabad Cop Suspended For Sending Abusive Messages To Woman: Report

In Hyderabad, a cop has been suspended for allegedly misbehaving with a woman. The police officer in question, K Chander Kumar, is a Special Branch inspector of Hyderabad Commissionerate. A woman has complained that Kumar allegedly sent her abusive messages when she didn't respond to his constant calls on WhatsApp.

According to a report in Times of India, Kumar had recently joined the Special Branch and was assigned with East Zone of the Commissionerate. A woman in her 40s, who works at the municipal department of Warangal, has filed a complaint against him, alleging that he has been harassing her.

The inspector reportedly came to know the complainant in 2011 and had a cordial relationship with her while she was working in the city. Recently, when she started avoiding him, Kumar allegedly started continuously video calling her on Whatsapp. He also reportedly sent abusive messages to her when she did not respond, said a police official.

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The woman along with her husband then lodged a complaint with Vanasthalipuram police and approached the city police commissioner as well. The woman's husband is a government employee as well. After an inquiry, police commissioner Anjani Kumar suspended the officer. “The inspector’s conduct has been improper with a lady. Any misconduct by an officer in uniform cannot be tolerated at all. Send WhatsApp message at 9490616555. Help us identify black sheep in police department,” Anjani Kumar tweeted.

This isn't an isolated report of women facing harassment at hands of policemen. In September 2019, two Assam cops were suspended for allegedly torturing three sisters inside a police station. Out of the three women who were tortured, one was pregnant. She lost her baby due to bleeding caused by the beating. Read more about the story here.

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In 2019 a cop from Delhi was caught on camera misbehaving with a woman in an inebriated state. After he slammed his car into her car in Dwarka, the cop told the woman that she can do whatever she wants. And then, in July 2020, a police inspector was arrested for allegedly raping a 13-year old-tribal girl in Odisha. The 55-year-old accused had allegedly raped the minor in a room of police station in March this year. Police officers say that he also forced her to abort at a clinic when the girl got pregnant.

Another news report from June this year claimed that a cop in Uttar Pradesh was terminated from his job for allegedly masturbating in front of a woman. The incident took place in Deoria, when a woman and her daughter went to the police station to lodge a complaint. The Station Head Officer (SHO) Bhishmpal Singh Yadav repeatedly misbehaved in front of the woman, irritated by which, one of them recorded a video.

Alankrita Arora is an intern at SheThePeople.TV