In breach of norms, Lady police personnel found living with lover at quarantine centre

Nagpur:- A case of an extramarital affair came to light at Regional Police Training School (RPTS) quarantine centre in the afterman of the wife of a missing man contacting Bajaj Nagar police station. It is learnt that the married man had allegedly been taken to the centre by a special branch woman constable who was ordered to undergo institutional quarantine along with some other police personnel when an officer tested Covid19 positive some days back. DCP Zone II Vivek Masal told reporters that an inquiry has been set up against the lady police constable for indiscipline.

“She had introduced the man as her husband to NMC health team who had come for contact tracing of the officer who tested positive,” he said. Posing as a couple, they lived for over three days in the RPTS centre. Masal said after it came to light that both are not married to each other and are merely in a state of the relationship, the man was shifted to VNIT hostel quarantine centre while the woman constable continues to serve at the place of her posting. As per sources said it was not confirmed if the woman constable is married or is separated from her husband.

The man is said to be working with the department of posts. His wife did not know about his admission at the quarantine centre. She somehow came to know about the affair of her husband. She even visited the RPTS but was turned away by the guards. Later, she lodged a complaint with the Bajaj Nagar police and met Police Commissioner Dr Bhushan Kumar Upadhyay, who ordered an inquiry into the matter. It is learnt that both of them know each other since October last year.