Lucknow: A bystander man who was watching an ongoing search operation at a Ganga Ghat in Uttar Pradesh falls into the river and video goes viral. A video, showing an Uttar Pradesh police personnel kicking a bystander has gone viral with netizens raising questions on the conduct of police personnel in the state.
मिर्ज़ापुर-पुलिस ऐसे ही निरीह जनता को पीछे से दुलत्ती मारती है।विंध्याचल में गंगा के किनारे खड़े युवक को नवागत कोतवाल ने मारी पीछे से लात।युवक गिरा नीचे गंगा में। @myogiadityanath @Uppolice @adgzonevaranasi @digmirzapur @mirzapurpolice pic.twitter.com/vwkLw9IwmS
— बहुजन जागृति मंच (BSP)🇪🇺 🇮🇳 (@DR_Ambedkarji) July 29, 2020
An embarrassed police department had to order a departmental inquiry into the incident involving the station house officer of Vindhyachal Kotwali police station in Mirzapur. The officer’s name is reported to be Sheshdhar Pandey. The inquiry was ordered after the incident invited condemnation from political fronts including the Bahujan Jagriti Manch of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP).
A man standing near Ganga was kicked by the Kotwal (station incharge). The youth fell into river Ganga,’ a tweet from the organisation’s official handle said.
A man standing near Ganga was kicked by the Kotwal (station incharge). The youth fell into river Ganga,’ a tweet from the organisation’s official handle said.
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— ADG ZONE VARANASI (@adgzonevaranasi) July 29, 2020
A statement released by the Mirzapur police, however, defended Pandey’s behavior and claimed that he was only trying to enforce social distancing at the river bank, where a crowd had gathered to watch an ongoing search operation for the body of a man who had drowned in the river some time ago, according to a news report in the Print.
प्रकरण के संबंध में प्रभारी निरीक्षक विन्ध्यांचल को व्यक्तिगत पत्रावली पर चेतावनी दी गयी एवं सम्पूर्ण घटना क्रम में तथ्यों की जानकारी हेतु क्षेत्राधिकारी नगर को प्रकरण की प्रारंभिक जाँच करने के आदेश दिये गये है।
— Mirzapur Police (@mirzapurpolice) July 29, 2020
A tweet by the Mirzapur police later claimed that the SHO had been served a warning and an initial inquiry in the incident has been ordered.