MP: Cops take ‘holy dip’ in Ganga with handcuffed accused; show-cause discover served

By PTI

BURHANPUR: A police group 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 authorities to serve a show-cause discover for dereliction of responsibility, an official mentioned on Tuesday.

The discover was served to the policeman main the group after a video of the incident that occurred at Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj in February surfaced not too long ago, he mentioned.

“A team from Lalbagh police station had gone to Pratapgarh (Uttar Pradesh) to arrest a man accused in a cheating case. We recently received the information that while returning, the police team took a dip in the Ganga with the accused at Prayagraj. Hence, a show-cause notice has been served,” Burhanpur’s Superintendent of Police (SP) Rahul Kumar Lodha mentioned.

The police group ought to have returned on to the police station after arresting the accused, he mentioned.

According to police sources, the discover was served to sub-inspector Keshav Patil of Lalbagh police station, who was main the group that went to arrest the accused from Pratapgarh on February 16.

Someone shot a video after seeing a handcuffed man taking a dip within the Ganga at Prayagraj, it was acknowledged.

The video has now been delivered to the eye of the police and a discover was served to the policeman final week, one other official mentioned.