Facing flack for the tardy probe into the Sangli custodial death, the government on Thursday transferred district superintendent of police Dattatray Shinde and deputy superintendent of police Deepali Kale. Shinde was transferred to State Reserve Police Force (SRPF) while Kale was posted as assistant commissioner of police at Solapur city police, the note from the home ministry said. Both Shinde and Kale had come under criticism for laxity in the probe into the custodial death. The arrested policemen were suspended and have been dismissed from service. After the incident, Kothale’s family had alleged that both Shinde and Kale did not act fast despite knowing about the actual incident.

Source: Hindustan Times November 23, 2017 12:00 UTC