India, March 21 -- Additional commissioner of police (Addl CP), Western Region, Manoj Patil has suspended assistant police inspector (API) Amol Ghodake for helping an accused involved in the Theur firing case.

According to the suspension order, Patil pointed out that Ghodake, as an investigation officer, mentioned that main accused Bharat Zaid was not present at the crime spot in the testimony recorded by witnesses identified as Yashwant Aglame and Prateek Ramesh Thite.

However, probe carried out by a senior officer found Zaid seen at the crime spot and the supplementary testimony by the same witnesses provided ample evidentiary proof about his presence.

"Ghodake has indirectly helped the accused by not obtaining the CCTV camera footag...