Gopal Italia

After certain claims from AAP’s national executive leader Gopal Italia surfaced today on social media alleging a goof up from the Gujarat home department in granting promotions to police officials, Ahmedabad police has clarified the matter, stating the document was part of an assessment process and not a promotion order.

Italia’s bold allegations

Italia took pot shots at Gujarat minister Harsh Sanghavi after he received a notification sanctioning his promotion from constable to head constable despite letting off the job in 2015.

Italia took to social media platform X, displaying a major lapse in the department’s operations. In a mocking jibe at Sanghavi, the minister of state for home affairs, Italia said, “I am grateful to the Home Minister Harsh Sanghavi for promoting me to the rank of Head Constable and including my name at number 726 in this year’s Constable promotion list even though I left my job in the Gujarat Police in 2015.”

Ahmedabad police responds

Responding to these claims, Ahmedabad police posted on X, “Recently, 137 Head Constables in Ahmedabad were promoted to the rank of Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI), and directions were issued to fill the vacancies immediately by promoting police constables to head constables.

“Therefore, to facilitate these promotions, details were sought based on a prevailing list of 887 names, which is a routine part of the promotion process. A circular was issued asking for information within 48 hours regarding whether departmental inquiries or cases were pending against these employees for promotion.

“This list included the names of all police constables who had joined the department up to Jan 11, 2012. Since Gopal Italia joined the police force in 2012, his name was included in the list. However, no police station is mentioned against his name, which clearly indicates that Gopal Italia has not been promoted to the rank of Head Constable. The messages circulating on social media are false and baseless. It appears that Gopal Italia has not read the letter he posted properly.”

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