Bengaluru: A constable attached to the Vivek Nagar Police Station here, has been suspended for allegedly posing for a picture wearing the uniform of PSI even before the recruitment order was released.
Karibasanagouda was posted at Vivek Nagar Police Station as a constable and had secured 27th rank in the provisional selection list of 545 Police Sub-Inspectors (PSI).
However, before the order was released of his recruitment as PSI, he posed in the uniform of PSI with two stars attached on the shoulders of the uniform, following which DCP Central Division MN Anucheth suspended the constable for violating police rules.
A resident of Gudasalakoppa village of Haveri Taluk, Karibasanagouda also reportedly took part in an event in his village where he was sitting on the stage wearing the uniform of PSI. Pictures and videos pertaining to him posing in a PSI uniform went viral on social media platforms before the Central Division DCP issued his suspension orders.
Several banners and flex were also erected in his village with his picture in uniform, congratulating him for his selection as PSI.
