Police officer transferred

The State authorities has transferred J.M. Kalimirchi, the constabulary inspector who had attracted contention for taking a selfie with a Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti person during the Karnataka Rajyotsava celebrations.

He has been shifted retired of Malmaruti constabulary station, but has not fixed a posting. B.R. Gaddekar, constabulary inspector, of the Cyber, Narcotics and Economic offences helping has taken complaint of the Malmaruti constabulary station.

Kannada organisations had taken objection to the serviceman taking the photograph on with Shubham Shelke, MES younker helping leader, who is facing immoderate transgression charges. The constabulary sources, however, said the CPI had been asked by elder officers to instrumentality the photograph to guarantee that Shubham Shelke, who was absconding, was traced during the Black Day celebrations by MES connected Rajyotsava day.