Shifted, UP SHO leaves thana on horseback with cops dancing in procession

  • | Friday | 18th January, 2019

When station house officer Bhagwat Singh was shifted out of Kairana, he wanted his exit to be eventful. Along came band, baja and a baraat-like march through the town where his subordinate cops danced to their heart’s content and onlookers’ surprise. I will set up an inquiry into the matter.”According to police sources, SHO Bhagwat Singh was shifted out of Kairana and attached to Shamli SP’s officer a couple of days back as PRO. I was SHO of Kairana police station for more than 15 months and had been involved in several encounters and even received bullet injury in one of them. Meerut: This police story has some classy twist and a not-so-pleasant turn.

Meerut: This police story has some classy twist and a not-so-pleasant turn. When station house officer Bhagwat Singh was shifted out of Kairana, he wanted his exit to be eventful. Along came band, baja and a baraat-like march through the town where his subordinate cops danced to their heart’s content and onlookers’ surprise. After the bhangra and twist came the turn: A departmental inquiry.Shamli superintendent of police Ajay Kumar said, “Dancing publicly in police uniform is certainly not what is expected of police personnel on duty and is against the rulebook. I will set up an inquiry into the matter.”According to police sources, SHO Bhagwat Singh was shifted out of Kairana and attached to Shamli SP’s officer a couple of days back as PRO. The non-performing posting he got was certainly not an occasion to celebrate.Nonetheless, as part of the farewell, a heavily garlanded SHO sat on horseback and marched through the town with other policemen in the thana shaking their legs to dhol beats in the crowded bazaar as onlookers watched in bewilderment.When contacted, SHO Singh was modest.“This is the love of public that gave me a warm farewell for my services here. I was SHO of Kairana police station for more than 15 months and had been involved in several encounters and even received bullet injury in one of them. I have done a lot to curb crime in this region,” he told TOI.But then, why was he attached to the SP office instead of being rewarded with a better posting as he thought?“It’s my seniors’ decision, I cannot protest,” Singh said.Last year, encounter specialist and then Shamli SP Ajay Pal Singh was given a similar march through town in a chariot for killing various local criminals in encounters.Ajay Pal Singh, who was later promoted as Noida SSP, was in a surprise move shifted to insignificant posting of SP (personnel) at Allahabad-based police headquarters earlier this month.

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