Video of Murder accused cutting cake inside Maharashtra police van goes viral

India

oi-Madhuri Adnal

Mumbai,
Aug
22:
A
video
showing
a
35-year-old
attempt-to-murder
accused
cutting
a
birthday
cake
inside
a
police
van
when
he
was
brought
to
court
for
a
hearing
in
Kalyan
in
Maharashtra’s
Thane
district
has
gone
viral
on
social
media.

Roshan
Jha
from
Ulhasnagar
celebrated
his
birthday
by
cutting
a
cake
which
his
friends
passed
to
him
through
the
window
of
the
police
escort
van
stationed
near
the
court
premises.
Police
said
they
have
initiated
a
departmental
inquiry
against
cops
who
produced
him
in
court
on
Saturday.

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“The
police
escort
team
that
brought
him
to
the
court
belonged
to
Thane
Rural
police.
We
are
inquiring
into
the
issue,”
an
official
said.

Attempt
to
murder
accused
was
allowed
to
cut
his
birthday
cake
which
was
later
put
on
social
media
by
his
friends

the
birthday
celebration
was
allowed
outside
Kalyan
Court
and
now
departmental
enquiry
is
initiated
against
the
concerned
cops
on
duty#viralvideo@Thane_R_Police

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August
22,
2022

Speaking
on
the
viral
video,
Deputy
Commissioner
of
Police
(Zone
3)
Prashant
Mohite
told
mid-day
that
a
probe
has
been
ordered.
“We
also
saw
this
viral
video
on
Sunday
afternoon,
and
informed
the
Thane
city
and
Thane
rural
police
to
check
which
team
produced
Jha
in
court.
We
will
take
the
strictest
action
against
those
officers.
It’s
negligence
in
their
duty
and
we
will
take
appropriate
action,”
Mohite
told
mid-day.

“Titwala
police
of
Thane
rural
jurisdiction
arrested
Jha
under
Section
307
(attempt
to
murder)
of
the
IPC
in
2019,”
a
police
officer
said.

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For
those
unversed,
Roshan
Jha
faces
dozens
of
cases,
including
on
charges
of
murder
and
extortion.
Thane
police
arrested
him
in
2019,
following
which
he
was
sent
to
Adharwadi
Jail
in
Kalyan.