On a Sunday in Pune's Manjari area, a woman police officer in uniform was seen by passing motorists driving against the flow of traffic, and their phone footage has carried the moment far beyond the road it was filmed on. Authorities have answered with a suspension and a registered case, while the questions that matter most, where she drank and when, remain for investigators to answer. It is one more instance of a public trust tested in a visible place, where the uniform makes a private lapse a shared concern.
Pune Woman Cop Suspended After Viral Video Shows Her Driving Wrong Way, Allegedly Drunk
Motorists asked if she had been drinking. She appears to say yes.
Mark
A police officer filmed driving the wrong way. Why is this one travelling so far?
Mimi
Because of who she is. She's a 39-year-old officer from Kalepadal police station, and she was in uniform. People expect the police to enforce these rules, not break them.
Mark
And the video itself carries a lot of weight, doesn't it?
Mimi
It does. Motorists asked her about drinking, and she appears to acknowledge it. That's what made it spread.
Luke
Careful with 'appears.' The source says she seems to admit it in the clip. There's no breath test or medical result in the reporting.
Mark
So what is actually confirmed?
Mimi
Deputy Commissioner Jeevan Beniwal confirmed the FIR and the suspension. That's official and on record.
Luke
Right. Everything else is softer. The missing number plate is described as alleged.
Mark
Police sources said she wasn't on duty on Sunday or Monday. Does that change anything?
Mimi
It tells us she wasn't on shift, but she was reportedly in uniform, so it doesn't close the question.
Luke
And the Bund Garden partying is only a report that investigators are checking. The time and place she drank are still unknown, and nobody should fill that gap yet.
Il Polso
- Commuters in Manjari spotted a vehicle bearing down on them on the wrong side of the road and reached for their phones.
- A viral clip captures a uniformed officer seemingly admitting she had been drinking, turning a traffic lapse into a question of intoxicated policing.
- Within days the Kalepadal station officer was suspended and an FIR was filed, moving the matter from social media into formal process.
- Investigators are retracing her steps toward Bund Garden, yet the exact hour and place of drinking remain unresolved.
- Allegations of a missing number plate add another strand the probe must test, and the outcome will decide how the episode is ultimately judged.
On a Sunday in Pune's Manjari area, a woman police officer in uniform was seen by passing motorists driving against the flow of traffic, and their phone footage has carried the moment far beyond the road it was filmed on. Authorities have answered with a suspension and a registered case, while the questions that matter most, where she drank and when, remain for investigators to answer. It is one more instance of a public trust tested in a visible place, where the uniform makes a private lapse a shared concern.
Commuters in Pune's Manjari area saw a car coming straight at them on the wrong side of the road, and they did what many people now do: they filmed it. The driver was a 39-year-old woman police officer, still in uniform. The footage spread quickly across social media, and it has already cost her the job for now.
In the clip, the motorists question her about drinking, and she appears to acknowledge it. That exchange is what changed a traffic violation into a far more serious story about an officer allegedly driving drunk in uniform. A further claim, that the vehicle had no number plate, has been raised but not established.
Deputy Commissioner of Police Jeevan Beniwal confirmed that she has been suspended and that an FIR has been registered against her. Police sources noted she was off duty on Sunday and Monday, which does not erase the fact that she was in uniform, but it shapes how the lapse is understood.
Investigators are now trying to reconstruct the hours before the video, including reports that she had been out with friends in Bund Garden. Those reports are still unverified. The probe will decide when and where she drank, and that answer will shape how the episode is ultimately read.
Commuters in Pune's Manjari area saw a vehicle coming at them on the wrong side of the road, and they took out their phones. The driver was a 39-year-old woman police officer, and she was in uniform. The footage they shot has since spread widely on social media and cost her her job for now: she has been suspended, and a First Information Report has been registered against her.
In the video, motorists question her about whether she has been drinking. She appears to acknowledge that she had. That exchange is the centre of the clip, and it is what turned a traffic violation into a case of a police officer allegedly driving drunk while in uniform.
There is a further allegation: her vehicle was reportedly being driven without a number plate. The source describes this as alleged, and it is one of the details investigators will presumably have to establish.
The woman was posted at Kalepadal police station. Deputy Commissioner of Police Jeevan Beniwal confirmed two things: that an FIR had been filed against her, and that she had been placed under suspension. Those are the formal actions on record so far.
Police sources added a point of context. The officer was not on duty on Sunday or Monday. That does not settle the matter, since she was reportedly in uniform at the time of the incident, but it bears on how the episode is understood, as a lapse by an off-duty officer rather than something that happened during a shift.
Investigators are now trying to reconstruct the hours before the video. They are looking into reports that she may have been out with friends in the Bund Garden area of Pune before she got behind the wheel. These remain reports, not established findings. The exact time and place where she allegedly drank are still unclear, and police say the investigation is continuing.
The answers to those questions will matter. Where she drank and when she drank will shape the picture of what happened, and the findings will sit alongside the FIR and the suspension already in place. For now, what is confirmed is the video, the suspension and the registered case. What remains open is the timeline that led to that stretch of road in Manjari.
Citazioni salienti
An FIR has been registered against her and she has been placed under suspension.— Deputy Commissioner of Police Jeevan Beniwal (paraphrased)
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