Pune: Krishna Prakash, the Police Commissioner of Pune's Pimpri Chinchwad recently disguised himself as a common man and inspected three police stations in the locality. Such an activity of the officer has been lauded by the locals and police officials.
Prakash disguised himself as a commoner donning a kurta with jeans, a beard, wig and skull cap, and taking the identity of one fictitious Muslim man. He was also accompanied by the assistant commissioner of police (ACP) Prerna Katte, who was also in plain clothes like a kurta, pants and mask, posing as his spouse reached the police stations and checked the promptness and efficiency of the personnel on duty there.
As part of the exercise, he visited Hinjawadi, Wakad and Pimpri police stations.
He lodged a complaint with the Hinjewadi police station that some anti-social elements had harassed his wife in the Bavdhan locality while they were returning after prayers.
The local police immediately sent a team on the spot and a sub-inspector was asked to conduct a proper investigation as per due process.
Similarly, at Wakad police station, Prakash told the police that his wife’s chain had been snatched by some robbers on a bike and lodged a complaint there.
The third visit was to the Pimpri police station where Prakash used the story of a family that was allegedly overcharged by an ambulance driver to ferry a Covid patient.
