Indian Police Foundation Calls For 'Strict Action Against Officials Making Communal Remarks' Days After Meerut SP's 'Go to Pakistan' Comment
A video doing rounds on social media showed a senior police officer from Uttar Pradesh's Meerut making communal statements in a Muslim locality. The video was taken on December 20 when the police were dealing with violent anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protests across the city.
New Delhi, December 30: The Indian Police Foundation (IPF), a multidisciplinary think tank on policing, tweeted on Monday marking its disapproval against the alleged communal and provocative remarks made by Meerut Superintendent of Police (SP) Akhilesh Narayan Singh against a group of local Muslims. The remarks, said IPF, can cause "great harm to the society". The think-tank demanded the leadership to take firm action against the erring police official. Meerut Police Clarifies on 'Go to Pakistan' Rant by Top Cop, Says 'Anti-India Slogans Were Being Raised, Our Officers Showed Restraint'.
The IPF said in its tweet that "officials getting influenced by religious and caste considerations and making communal remarks are doing great harm to society." Condemning the alleged incidents of police violence without naming any particular incident, the tweet also said that, "It is important that the senior police leadership takes strict action and sends a clear and stern message." Yogi Adityanath Justifies Police Crackdown on Anti-CAA Protesters, Says ‘Every Rioter Is Shocked, They Will Cry Now’.
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A video doing rounds on social media showed a senior police officer from Uttar Pradesh's Meerut making communal statements in a Muslim locality. The video was taken on December 20 when the police were dealing with violent anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protests across the city.
The video shows Meerut Superintendent of Police (SP), Akhilesh Narayan Singh walking in a narrow lane. The senior cop stops on noticing a few Muslim men standing. "Kahan jaoge? Is gali ko main theek karoonga (Where will you go? I will look over this lane)," Singh tells two men wearing skull caps.
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