BHOPAL: A Madhya Pradesh Police constable was suspended on Saturday after a video purportedly showed him pushing the body of a Shivpuri waterfall flash flood victim from the stretcher with his feet.Action was taken by the Gwalior district SP Navneet Bhasin after the video was widely circulated on social media platforms. Meanwhile search operations concluded on Saturday with recovery of ninth body from the site.“We have stopped our operations. Nine bodies have been recovered so far. We don’t have any other missing person on the list,” said Shivpuri SP Rajesh Hingankar.He said nine people, who were swept away in a flash flood at Sultanpur waterfall in Shivpuri district, have been recovered in three days of frantic search operations. The state government has declared a financial assistance of Rs 4 lakh to the kin of each victim.Using legs to push victim’s body down the stretcher is highly condemnable, necessary action has been taken, said a police officer. The deceased has been identified as Suraj, a resident of Gwalior.IAF choppers and NDRF personnel were roped in to rescue about 45 picnickers. Videos recorded on mobile phones showed a group of 8-10 youngsters desperately trying to hold on as they are pounded by the raging, churning torrent and are repeatedly swept over the edge. The group that got swept away was far too close to the edge of the waterfall.Sultanpur waterfall is about an hour’s drive from Gwalior and Shivpuri on the Agra-Mumbai highway. It’s a popular picnic spot and hundreds had gathered there on Independence Day.Police said that many of them were bathing in what was then a gentle stream. Suddenly, around 4.30pm, the water level started rising. Locals screamed for the picnickers to get out immediately, but many couldn’t realise they were in danger.

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