Summary:
Pratapgarh SP Dev Ranjan asked DSP Kunda to probe reports of 10 policemen sharing photographs with black bands on their arms to express solidarity. He was booked under sections 419 (cheating by personation), 505 (statements conducing to public mischief), and 353 (assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty) of IPC.In Varanasi, Yadav was also booked under sections 353 and 505 of IPC. The association also called upon police fraternity to observe fast by boycotting the mess on October 11 to show solidarity with Prashant Choudhary and Sandeep Kumar. The UP police from Lucknow also issued a statement saying that Yadav and Pathak were arrested in Varanasi and Mirzapur under relevant sections.On the other hand, the Facebook page of Arajpatrit Police Welfare Association claimed that Yadav was arrested by Varanasi Cantt police station. VARANASI: Two dismissed policemen Avinash Pathak and Brajendra Yadav were arrested in Mirzapur and Varanasi, respectively, for inciting policemen and garnering support for constable Prashant Choudhary, the prime accused in Apple executive Vivek Tiwari murder case Both Pathak and Yadav had been dismissed from provincial armed constabulary in 2012 for gross indiscipline and dereliction of duty..