Trainee cop held for sitting on judge's chair, taking selfie

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A trainee police constable's enthusiasm for 'selfies' landed him in police lock-up after he took his picture sitting in a senior judge's chair in a court in Umaria. Ram Avtar Rawat, 28, the trainee constable at the police academy in Umaria, was later arrested on charges of trespassing.On Saturday, Rawat, who was allegedly in an inebriated condition at that time, passed by the district judge's room in the court premises here, Kotwali police station in-charge RB Soni said. On noticing that the room was open and empty, he went inside, sat in the district judge's chair and started clicking selfies on his mobile phone, Soni said.

Case filed under Indian Penal Code section 448 (trespass), investigating officer Sarika Sharma said.       

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