SI suspended for enforcing Bharat Bandh in his area

SI Ram Sudhar Yadav, the in-charge of Sarojini Nagar police post was suspended after a video showing him forcing shops to close down in his area in the response to the Bharat Bandh call surfaced on social media.

Lucknow: A police sub-inspector was suspended after a video showing him forcing shops to close down in his area in the response to the Bharat Bandh call surfaced on social media.

Lucknow Police Commissioner DK Thakur said SI Ram Sudhar Yadav, the in-charge of Sarojini Nagar police post, was suspended for getting shops closed in his area.

The Department has suspended him taking cognisance of a video in which he was seen getting a sweet shop of Sonu Gupta and Shubham Gupta forcibly closed on the pretext of Bharat Bandh.

The action against him was taken after a preliminary probe by Hazratganj's assistant police commissioner, in which the sub-inspector was prima facie found indulging in the illegal shutdown.

Following this, Sub-Inspector Ram Sudhar Yadav was suspended by DCP (Central), the statement said.

PTI