The Minister of the Interior Atanas Ilkov has requested the resignation of the head of the regional police department in Pirdop. broadcast BNT.
The reason is a case of domestic violence from Chelopech, in which a woman was brutally beaten by her husband. However, the police officers who arrived at the scene did not find reasons to detain the rapist.
"The Ministry of Internal Affairs has not been inactive, but I find a slight deficiency in actions, which incredibly led to my reaction - I requested the resignation of the head of the relevant regional administration, so that this case would be indicative that neither I nor the rest of the management of The Ministry of the Interior will allow the neglect of some obligations we have", said Minister Atanas Ilkov in "Panorama".
In his words, the policeman who initially responded to the signal reacted adequately, but the subsequent actions of his colleagues were not effective.