Ahmednagar Constable Suspended for Allegedly Criticising PM Modi

Constable Ramesh Shinde was reportedly suspended after a detailed inquiry by the district police’s cyber cell.

File image of Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing a conference. 

(Photo: PTI)

A police constable was suspended for allegedly criticising Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a WhatsApp post, police said on Sunday, 15 October.

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 after a detailed inquiry by the district police's cyber cell," Ranjankumar Sharma, Superintendent of Police, Ahmednagar, told PTI.

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