Mumbai: The Maharashtra government has ordered suspension of the five policemen caught partying with mafia dons in a private gymkhana club last week, a top official said on Sunday.
The suspension follows a recommendation made by Mumbai Police Commissioner D Shivanandan on Saturday to the state government.
The police gathered sufficient evidence in the matter to merit recommending the suspension of the policemen, said the official.
Based on the recommendations of the city police chief, Chief Minister Ashok Chavan late on Saturday ordered the suspension of the officers pending a departmental inquiry against them, the official said.
The controversial party on Christmas eve was thrown at a private gymkhana club in Chembur, a north-east Mumbai suburb in which the policemen were seen on video footage, drinking, dancing, eating and making merry with the mafia dons present there.
The gathering was ostensibly to celebrate the acquittal and release of DK Rao, a mafia don belonging to the Chhota Rajan gang, from 31 serious cases earlier last year.
According to the report submitted by the police headquarters to the state government, the cops have been suspended to set an example for the entire state police force.
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