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MP: Police officers take ‘holy dip’ in Ganga with handcuffed accused; show-cause realize served

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BURHANPUR: A police staff from Madhya Pradesh’s Burhanpur that had travelled to Uttar Pradesh to arrest a person allegedly took a “holy dip” in river Ganga with the handcuffed accused, prompting the government to serve a show-cause realize for dereliction of responsibility, an reputable mentioned on Tuesday.

The attention used to be served to the policeman main the staff after a video of the incident that happened at Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj in February surfaced not too long ago, he mentioned.

“A staff from Lalbagh police station had long gone to Pratapgarh (Uttar Pradesh) to arrest a person accused in a dishonest case. We not too long ago gained the tips that whilst returning, the police staff took a dip within the Ganga with the accused at Prayagraj. Therefore, a show-cause realize has been served,” Burhanpur’s Superintendent of Police (SP) Rahul Kumar Lodha mentioned.

The police staff will have to have returned at once to the police station after arresting the accused, he mentioned.

In keeping with police assets, the attention used to be served to sub-inspector Keshav Patil of Lalbagh police station, who used to be main the staff that went to arrest the accused from Pratapgarh on February 16.

Any individual shot a video after seeing a handcuffed guy taking a dip within the Ganga at Prayagraj, it used to be said.

The video has now been delivered to the eye of the police and a realize used to be served to the policeman remaining week, any other reputable mentioned.