Nine policemen, together with a Station House Officer (SHO), had been suspended on Monday, days after Samajwadi Party chief Dharmendra Yadav held a roadshow in Etawah in violation of the COVID protocol. A reward of Rs 25,000 was additionally introduced on Monday for informing about Yadav’s arrest.
The SP chief was launched from the Etawah district jail on Friday and held a roadshow the subsequent day. A case has been registered in opposition to him and different accused on the Civil Lines police station after a video of the roadshow went viral on social media on Saturday. Etawah Police has arrested 34 folks and seized 24 automobiles within the case. Among the suspended policemen, two sub-inspectors had been posted in Auraiya district.
A reward of Rs 25,000 has been introduced for giving details about Yadav. Raids are being performed to nab him and different accused,” stated extra superintendent of police, Etawah, Prashant Kumar Prasad.
Yadav, a resident of Diviyapur space of Auraiya, is dealing with 25 instances together with homicide expenses. SP chief Auraiya, who gained the election of district panchayat member, can be the Yuvjan Sabha chief of the Samajwadi Party.
Of the 9 policemen, seven had been suspended by Etawah Superintendent of Police Brijesh Kumar Singh. Among the officers had been Civil Lines SHO Om Prakash Pandey, Etawah’s Local Intelligence Unit (LIU) Head Inspector Puneet Kumar Sharma, Sub-Inspectors Bhanu Pratap Singh and Vishnu Kant Tiwari in-charge of the police outpost and three different constables. All the seven had been suspended on expenses of laxity in discharging their responsibility and unaware of the roadshow earlier than the video surfaced on social media.
Superintendent of Police, Auraiya, Aparna Gautam suspended Anantram police outpost in-charge Sub-Inspector Chandrika Prasad and Auraiya’s native intelligence unit member Sub-Inspector Bhupendra Nath.
Police stated the investigation was performed after the video of the roadshow went viral. Police discovered that some automobiles from Auraiya district had been used within the roadshow. “Before the rally in Etawah, vehicles were assembled at a place under Anantram police post, during which Covid norms were flouted. Action has been taken against the sub-inspectors for failing to report the matter to senior police officers,” stated a police officer.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
