Overview
- A departmental inquiry found that on April 4 three Vishrambaug police personnel took a complainant on a court‑ordered spot inspection to Satara and visited Kaas Plateau and other tourist spots instead of completing investigative duties.
- The inquiry said the team failed to question local witnesses, spent time at a roadside eatery, and left the complainant late at night away from home, conduct described as gross indiscipline and dereliction of duty.
- Additional Commissioner Rajesh Bansode ordered that the annual salary increments of PSI Swarupa Naikwade, Hawaldar Shrihari Patil and Constable Komal Kamble be withheld for two years without cumulative effect.
- The punishment affects the officers' salary progression and service records, and senior officials said the case will be used to deter misuse of official assignments and resources.
- Kaas Plateau is a popular tourist site in Satara, and the case has raised questions about internal oversight, victim welfare during police procedures and how spot inspections are coordinated with local police.