both were attached to the koradi police station nagpur two constables who left state home minister rr patil unguarded for about 30 minutes or so on thursday morning have been served suspension orders by deputy commissioner of police zone ii about 35 constables were on duty for the home minister toi learns that malkapure and thakur had left the guest house to use the toilet at the police commissionerate in civil lines without informing anyone the constables should not have left together it was a risky thing to do when a vvip is in the guest house said pote the incident took place at the irrigation department guest house opposite the japanese garden in seminary hills ambadas pote its not known why patil chose to stay there and not at one of the state guest houses they should have not have left their posts especially when the minister was preparing to go on a tour an inquiry has been instituted to find out exactly how much time prabhakar malkapure and lekhpal thakur left their posts dhanvijay asked that action be taken against the erring constables patil is on a short tour of the region to campaign for local body elections it was dereliction of duty on their part which could have resulted in a huge security problem said commissioner of police ankush dhanvijay when senior officers reached the guest house they found malkapure and thakur not present at their posts pote immediately placed them under suspension on thursday morning he was to leave for chandrapur and other places dhanvijay said that the constables should have been responsible to realize that it was their duty to ensure that the road in front of the guest house was kept clear of traffic for quick movement of the vvip