Former president of Mandi Parishad, Ravinder Singh Anand, accused the district traffic police department of leaking an video related to the ongoing investigation in which he filed a complaint against two City Patrol Unit (CPU) officers, stating that they tried to wrongfully issue challan and tried to manhandle him to take the keys of his car when he protested.
Addressing media persons on Wednesday he said, “The police leaked an interim video on Tuesday, which they earlier refused to provide to me stating that it will only be available to me after the investigation is complete and after that too I will have to write an application for it.
Why did they leak the video 23 days after the incident? Their video should also be investigated because it has been tampered with. The police department is trying to suppress the issue.” He added, “I am being pressurised by few secretaries of cabinet ministers. In fact, now even my friends are being approached. This is a matter of public interest. These officers are not afraid of repercussions.” He further added, “If in a couple of days there is not concrete progress in this case, we will march to the office of Dehradun Senior Superintendent of the Police (SSP). If even after that there is no proper action, we will knock the doors of the court.”
He also said that he has filed an RTI, asking for the information regarding the operation of CPU personnel, on the basis of which he will be filing a Public Interest Litigation. It is pertinent to mention here that according to the complainant Ravinder Singh Anand, on June 3 while he was going from Bannu Chowk to Nehru Colony he got a phone call, which for receiving he parked his car. Just then, two CPU officers Shailendra Singh Negi and Bishamber Dutt stating that he broke traffic rule tried to issue Challan.