Ahmednagar constable suspended for criticising PM Modi: Police

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Press Trust of India Ahmednagar
Last Updated : Oct 15 2017 | 8:48 PM IST
A police constable was suspended for allegedly criticising Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a WhatsApp post, police said today.
Ramesh Shinde is posted as a bodyguard of Congress MLA and former minister Balasaheb Thorat, they said.
Shinde, allegedly criticised Modi in a WhatsApp post recently, police said.
The matter was taken seriously and an inquiry has been ordered, they said.
"The action was taken against Shinde yesterday after a detailed inquiry by the district police's cyber cell," Ranjankumar Sharma, Superintendent of Police, Ahmednagar, told PTI.

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First Published: Oct 15 2017 | 8:48 PM IST

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