Uttarakhand’s Additional Chief Secretary (ACS), Home, Radha Raturi on Monday accused the Uttar Pradesh Police of “catching innocents to solve the case”, thus intensifying a disagreement between the police departments of the 2 states.
UP Police stated the bureaucrat’s remarks have been “irresponsible and baseless”.
Raturi’s remarks got here days after Gurpreet Bhullar, a girl, native BJP chief and block chief Gurtej Bhullar’s spouse, was shot lifeless in Udham Singh Nagar district when locals clashed with a crew of UP Police, which had a historical past. -Sheeter, recognized as Jafar. ,
“The crime should be solved, and solved in the right way. Aur kissi nirdosh ko pakadna bhi nahi chahiye, ye bhi galat hai. Kai baar UP Police kya karti hai, kissi nirdosh vyakti ko pakad ke wo kahti hai humne solve kar diya. Ye bhi galat hai (No innocent person should be caught. UP Police at times arrest innocent people and claim that they have solved the case. This is wrong). If you punish one innocent person, 99 criminals will be born. There should be a proper investigation into a crime and only the guilty should be punished,” stated Raturi throughout a press convention in Dehradun on Monday.
After the Udham Singh Nagar conflict, the Uttarakhand Police had stated that it was not stored within the loop concerning the operation, however the UP Police stated it did. Two separate FIRs have been registered within the matter- one in each the states.
Responding to the assertion made by Raturi, Uttar Pradesh Additional Director General (ADG), Law and Order, Prashant Kumar known as the assertion “irresponsible and baseless”.
“Uttarakhand ACS Home has issued an irresponsible statement without checking the facts. A civil servant should avoid such statements, especially when it is about a matter relating to the biggest and most sensitive state. The statement is regrettable and baseless,” he stated.
After Prashant Kumar’s assertion, Raturi clarified that what he meant was that no harmless individual must be harassed. Raturi stated, “The topic that was discussed during the press conference was that there should be a proper investigation… no innocent person should be implicated and the police should only take action against those responsible.”
Uttarakhand DGP Ashok Kumar stated in an audio assertion that Raturi was meant to place an entire curb on false circumstances to win the belief of the folks. “UP Police is a really skilled drive. We work together each day and nab the criminals by mutual coordination.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
