Summary:
In photographs tweeted by the news agency, the police personnel in civil uniform can bee seen wearing the saffron scarves.
The personnel alleged that they were "forced" to wear the scarves.
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BHOPAL : Police personnel on duty at the roadshow of Congress leader Digvijaya Singh and Namdas Tyagi, also known as ` Computer Baba `, were "forced" to wear saffron scarves, according to news agency ANI.
Bhopal: Police personnel in civil uniform seen wearing saffron scarves at the roadshow of Computer Baba and Digvijay Singh (Congress candidate from the Lok Sabha seat); a policewoman says "we`ve been made to wear this".
— ANI (@ANI) May 8, 2019
In photographs tweeted by the news agency, the police personnel in civil uniform can bee seen wearing the saffron scarves.
The personnel alleged that they were "forced" to wear the scarves.
On being asked why they were wearing saffron scarves, one of the police officers told ANI, "We are here on duty for a road show conducted by Computer Baba.
We have been made to wear this."The woman police officer did not reveal who directed her and the other officials to wear saffron scarves.
However, Bhopal DIG Irshad Wali claimed that those who were seen in saffron scarves were volunteers, not police personnel."We and the organisers of the event had enrolled volunteers for the rally.
We will get volunteers in the evening also.
We have no say in what volunteers wear.