Hyderabad: Cyberabad police commissioner M Ramesh has suspended a head constable, attached to the Raidurgam police station, for negligence regarding a ‘Dial 100’ road accident complaint.On Aug 1 night, a road accident victim called ‘Dial-100’ seeking police assistance. The complainant said that two cars collided near IKEA at Raidurg, where no one suffered injuries but the vehicles were damaged. He sought police assistance through a ‘Dial 100’ call. The call was connected to Raidurgam head constable Syed Younus, who was on duty at that time.“Instead of responding to the call and visiting the scene, the head constable closed the complaint citing ‘caller nuisance’ as the reason. When the caller dialled for the second time, the head constable again closed the complaint,” Cyberabad police said in an official statement.The victim brought the issue to the notice of senior officials immediately. After collecting details from senior officers, including the station house officer (SHO), deputy commissioner of police (DCP) Kukatpally Ritiraj informed Cyberabad police commissioner M Ramesh about the incident. The commissioner suspended the head constable on Sunday, stating that “the suspension will remain in effect until the departmental inquiry is concluded”.
