Delhi. Meerut SSP Dr. Vipin Tada in UP has disbanded the SWAT team on the failure of SWAT team in comedian Sunil Pal kidnapping case. All the policemen in the team have been sent to line duty. There is chaos after the action. Comedian Sunil Pal was kidnapped from Meerut on December 2. FIR was registered in Mumbai. Since the kidnapping happened from Meerut, later it was transferred to Lalkurti police station here. SSP gave the responsibility of disclosure to SWAT team. Meerut police appeared helpless in front of Bijnor police action.
Bijnor police arrested former councilor Sarthak Chaudhary alias Ricky, Azim, Saibuddin, Ankit Pahadi, Shiva, Shashank, Alok alias Gola. Meerut police could only get hold of Arjun. The remaining task was completed by the arrest of Lavi Pal. Meerut district’s SWAT team kept chasing Lavi for many days. The location was found in Punjab but before Meerut police could reach, Lavi fled.
Bijnor police arrested him on Sunday night. If police sources are to be believed, then after this the senior officers including SSP were seen angry with the SWAT team. Its effect was also visible. SSP disbanded the SWAT team. SWAT team in-charge Arun Mishra, sub-inspector Atul Kumar, head constable Ashutosh Kumar, Khurshid, Pratap, Akash Chaudhary, besides constable Manoj, Gaurav, Govind etc. who were members of the team were put on line duty. SSP Dr. Vipin Tada said that this is a normal process. A new energetic team will be prepared in the form of SWAT team. The district has got many new policemen. The team will be formed soon.
