The Superintendent of Police (SP), K. Karthikeyan, has issued suspension orders to five police personnel attached to Prohibition Enforcement Wing (PEW) in Tiruvannamalai on Wednesday for dereliction of duty.
Mr. Karthikeyan, told The Hindu that despite specific alerts on illegal liquor sale and arrack units, the suspended policemen did not act on them. The suspended policemen are: S. Arulnathan, Special Sub-Inspector (SSI), Kannamangalam police; head constable V. Harihara Rajanayakan of Chetpet police; constables K. Babu, D. Urjan Nirmal and A. Solai of the Armed Reserve (AR) wing and Chengam police.
Alongside, M.S. Muthusamy, DIG (Vellore range) has transferred four PEW inspectors of Cheyyar, Polur, Chengam and Tiruvannamalai town limits to ‘non-sensitive duties’.
