pune retired police officers in the city joined the snowballing protests against the transfer of senior inspector milind gaikwad by seeking permission for a peaceful agitation at the district collectorate on wednesday however their request has been shot downthe pune police on monday rejected the application filed by the retired police officers and mens welfare association for the peaceful agitation on the grounds that it was not in public interestsenior inspector m m mujawar incharge of the bund garden police station told toi permission for the agitation has been rejected i have advised the associations members against the protest or the police will register an fir against themover 500 policemen of all ranks have come together because gaikwads transfer is a classic example of political interference in the functioning of the police force said bhausaheb andhalkar president of the association and a retired inspector from the pune rural police the association has now filed a fresh application at the office of the deputy commissioner of police ashok morale of the special branch for a peaceful agitation on wednesdaygaikwad incharge of the kondhwa police station was transferred days after he registered an fir against bjp mla yogesh tilekar and two others for allegedly demanding rs 50 lakh from the managing director of a private firm for laying optic cable wires in his constituency tilekar represents the hadapsar constituency under which kondhwa falls police commissioner k venkatesham had earlier said gaikwad was transferred to meet the administrative requirements of the force gaikwad registered an fir against tilekar and the others under section 154 of the criminal procedure code he filed the complaint after seeking permission from his seniors but was abruptly transferred on administrative grounds his unjust transfer has shattered the morale and image of policemen who are diligent in performing and discharging their duties andhalkar said of the many applications for transfers pending at the police commissionerate gaikwads was taken up because of pressure from the state home department andhalkar alleged we will appeal to his seniors to reinstate him the association will file a writ petition in the bombay high court as such injustice to policemen should stop he saidthe maharashtra navnirman sena and bharatiya republican party had protested against gaikwads transfer both at the kondhwa police station and outside the police commissionerate on october 19 on sunday the shiv sena and the nationalist congress party launched their own agitations in kondhwa demanding tilekars resignation and gaikwads reinstatementfour firs were registered against the leaders of these political parties for unlawful assembly violating prohibitory orders and agitating without permission from the police under sections of the indian penal code and maharashtra police act no arrests have been made political parties have now decided to intensify the agitation