Chennai: A police sub-inspector attached to the Traffic Investigation Wing of the Greater Chennai police, has been suspended after an audio clip of the cop, allegedly deriding Islam and Christianity, went viral on social media.
P Rajendran, from the Pulianthope Traffic Investigation Wing (TIW), was suspended on Monday, August 7, after he allegedly recorded deprecatory comments on his phone as a voice note and shared it with his friends on a WhatsApp group, he was part of.
"This is India. We have demolished a mosque and built a temple. We can and we will do that. Indians will worship at temples, conduct pujas, we will get Senghol at the Parliament. If you can, try and stop us. Christians and Muslims can try to stop us. If you can't, then go to Pakistan or Saudi or elsewhere. This is Rama Rajyam”, Rajendran allegedly claims in the viral voice clip.
The voice note also contained derogatory comments targeting the beliefs of Christians and warned another person against sharing Christian songs on WhatsApp.
The inflammatory comments caught the attention of Greater Chennai police Commissioner, Sandeep Rai Rathore, who ordered an inquiry into the matter.
The investigation was conducted by NM Mylvaganan, Joint Commissioner (traffic), who confirmed that the voice note was sent from Inspector Rajendran’s mobile number.
Following this, Rajendran was suspended. He belonged to the batch of 1999.