A day after a section of Karnataka State Reserve Police protested alleging that their ADGP P Ravindranath is being framed on charge of clicking "objectionable" pictures of a woman in coffee shop, government today said it was awaiting CID report on the case.
"The case is now handed over to the CID. We are awaiting the CID report. After getting the report we will take action," Home Minister K J George told reporters here.
An FIR has been filed against Ravindranath for allegedly outraging a woman's modesty after he tried to click her pictures on his mobile phone at a coffee shop here on Monday.
Some KSRP personnel and family members had protested and blocked Hosur road near Adugodi yesterday alleging that Ravindranath was being framed and shouted slogans against City Police Commissioner Raghavendra Auradkar and other officials alleging their hand in the action against their chief.
Ravindranath had also yesterday stormed into Auradkar's chamber and dared the city police chief to arrest him.
George said "....He (Ravindranath) is a good officer, he himself has voluntarily resigned now, he wanted to be arrested. I told him we cannot arrest like that, and we will have to investigate the matter."
"We will take his views also; we will take complainants views also. Investigation will take all aspects into consideration," he said. Stating that Ravindranath has submitted his resignation to the DGP, George said "ultimately the Chief Minister has to take a decision on it."
Asked about the protest by some KSRP personnel, he said "Our Police force is a disciplined force, we will have to maintain discipline. They don't have any permission to go on protest and causing inconvenience to public."
"They should not indulge in any kind of protest and cause inconvenience to the public, if they indulge in such activity they will have to face disciplinary action," he added.
