Raebareli:
A village head’s consultant in Nasirabad space right here was allegedly pressured to lick his spit by the native police for “creating chaos” throughout a ‘nautanki’ programme organised with out permission from the authorities, officers mentioned on Sunday.
Superintendent of Police (Raebareli) Yashveer Singh mentioned the allegations are being investigated by the extra superintendent of police and motion will likely be taken primarily based on his report.
Sushil Sharma, the consultant of the top of Kapurpur village in Nasirabad, organised a ‘Nautanki’ programme with out permission on October 30, Mr Singh mentioned in an announcement.
Throughout the programme, he and his associates misbehaved with the individuals and created chaos inebriated. The accused additionally misbehaved with a police staff from the native police station after which 5 individuals, together with Sharma, had been taken into custody, it mentioned.
Mr Sharma, nevertheless, mentioned the police staff reached the village late at evening and requested him to cease the nautanki programme.
Sharma claimed that he and 4 others had been detained and bodily assaulted on the native police station whereas he was made to lick his spit.
He additionally accused Nasirabad SHO Shivakant Pandey of demanding a bribe of Rs 2 lakh from him.
In the meantime, the Rashtriya Panchayati Raj Gram Pradhan Sangathan on Saturday lodged a written criticism with the SP, demanding motion.
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