Two warnings in the last three days to top police officials by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath seem to have failed to cut ice with the former as a visit by Union minister Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti to a police station in her Fatehpur constituency exposed the working of UP Police and their devious ways of dealing with female members.
Interestingly, after the expose, top police officers tried to hush up the issue by suspending station house officer of Chandpur, Kailash Nath, and ordering a probe.
The Superintendent of Police of Fatehpur said that further action would be taken after the circle officer submitted his findings.
As per reports, Union Minister of State and local MP Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti reached Chandpur police station in Fatehpur on Friday evening after learning from her supporters that the police were not listening to the grievances of even female members and were using third degree on them.
The Sadhvi also learnt that personnel at Chandpur police station were not registering report of a rape victim despite repeated complaints.
When the irked Union minister visited the police station, she found a girl sitting there. When she enquired, the MP was told that a building material supplier in Pahadpur Badigawa hamlet was murdered on June 10 and since the girl, Pranshi aka Shivani, happened to be the daughter of prime accused Jaichandra, who was absconding, the cops had brought her to the police station to build up pressure on the accused.
Even as Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti questioned the cops, some of them sensed trouble and shifted the girl to another room. At this, some Bharatiya Janata Party supporters called the girl out and on being asked about her presence in the police station, she told the Union minister that the SHO had brought her four days back and brutally assaulted her with belt, asking her to reveal the whereabouts of her father.
On learning about the illegal police conduct, the Sadhvi immediately called local IG Mohit Agarwal and Fatehpur SP Ramesh. After the IG and the SP reached there along with an entourage of senior officials, the detained girl’s uncle wrote out a complaint against the SHO and other cops for illegal detention. The IG took the application, got a case registered and suspended the SHO.
Circle Officer of Bindki was asked to probe the incident and submit a report after which further action would be taken.
On the assurance of proper action, the MP left the police station and visited her constituency.