Three policemen, including one from the Special Branch, at the Vellore North police station has been shifted to Armed Reserve (AR) wing of the district police on Thursday for dereliction of duty.
The transfers came in the wake of an incident in which a woman doctor, hailing from Bihar, was allegedly gang-raped by three persons, including two juveniles, while two co-accused held down her male colleague in Vellore on March 16. Subsequently, all five accused were arrested. The crime happened within the limits of the Vellore North police station.
The orders were given orally by Superintendent of Police (SP) S. Rajesh Kannan, sources said. The police constables are Jayakaran, Nithayanathan, both attached to the Vellore North police station, and Suresh Babu, of the Special Branch of the district police. They did not obey certain instructions given by the senior police officers, sources said.
