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Mangalore : District Superintendent of Police Dr Sharanappa has suspended Bantwal Circle Inspector Rajashekhar Maistry and constable Sheshappa on the charges of dereliction of duty after one of the accused in the recent toll plaza vandalising case  gave the cops a slip.

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The accused named Mohammad Shamir alias Shammi who was undergoing  treatment in the hospital for injuries, had quietly slipped out of the hospital, even as the police kept a vigil in order to arrest him  immediately after he was discharged from hospital.

It is learnt, the suspended constable Sheshappa had been posted at the hospital. Still  Mohammad Shamir had escaped from the hospital, reportedly on the night of Sunday April 27.

The SP has even   instructed the Home Guards Superintendent to take action against the Home Guards who were on duty at the hospital.