Pramod
Tawde, whose presence at Tuesday’s MNS rally prompted a departmental
inquiry, left his Vikhroli home (right) as usual for work on Wednesday,
but didn’t go to office
Mateen Hafeez TNN
Mumbai: Police naik Pramod Shantaram Tawde, who is facing a departmental enquiry for presenting a rose to Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray during the latter’s rally, left office three hours before Tuesday’s rally and did not resume work even on Wednesday. Police are probing if his action was pre-planned.
Tawde, attached to the wireless department at Nagpada, was not posted at Azad Maidan for wireless or bandobast duty, say his seniors. “There is no question of him attending bandobast until instructed to do so. He came to office at 11am on Tuesday and worked normally before he suddenly went missing. Later, some of our colleagues came to know through TV reports that he had gone to Azad Maidan,” said the officer. Tawde’s job includes receiving wireless messages and sending them to senior officers. He admitted Tawde was part of a group of policemen beaten up by CISF men on August 12, 2010, and said the legal process is on. “He will get justice. What is the need to go on a political stage and appreciate a man speaking against the home minister and police chief?” he said.
Despite not reporting for duty, Tawde recorded his statement with the Azad Maidan police on Wednesday.
Priyanka, Tawde’s wife, said she was surprised to see her husband on TV. “We were watching TV and all of a sudden I saw my husband on stage. I didn’t know how to react. He returned at 11pm on Tuesday and left for office at 10am on Wednesday,” she said. The couple has a daughter and a 14-year-old son. Their third-floor flat in building number 194, at police lines in Kannamwar Nagar, Vikhroli (E), has several amenities including a 40-inch flat TV and a split airconditioner. Below the TV was a bouquet with the visiting card of an MNS leader. “Some people came to appreciate my husband in the morning. But he had already left for office, so they kept the bouquet on the table,” she said.
The Times of India, August 23, 2012
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