Ex-cop leading Karnataka constables' June 4 mass leave arrested

June 02, 2016 09:25

Suspended Karanataka policeman V Shashidhar, who claims to be founder-president of the Akhila Karnataka Police Maha Sangha, has been sent to judicial custody after he was arrested for 'provoking police constables for protest against the government and police department's superior officers'.

Warning of stringent action against indiscipline, the Karnataka government on Wednesday banned the state police force from striking work on June 4 and invoked the Essential Services Maintenance Act to maintain public order and safety across the state.

The Karnataka state police association has, however, decided to go on with its strike by taking leave en masse on this Saturday to protest exploitation of about 60,000 constabulary by senior officers, over work, under pay and poor working conditions.

Declaring police service as essential, the state government prohibited the police personnel from taking mass leave or abstaining from work and threatened to act against them under the ESMA provisions.

Karnataka has over 73,000 police officials. Of them, over 60,000 are police constables and over 30,000 of them have already applied for a day's leave on June 4. The police force has never gone on strike in the state and rules also don't permit them to abandon duty and protest

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