This story is from April 27, 2020

CDPO alleges misbehaviour, Lakhisarai DM orders probe

CDPO alleges misbehaviour, Lakhisarai DM orders probe
PATNA: The Lakhisarai district administration on Sunday ordered an inquiry into alleged misbehaviour with the child development project officer (CDPO) Puja Rani by two police officers during vehicle checking on Saturday.
When contacted, Lakhisarai SP Sushil Kumar said the district magistrate (DM) on Sunday ordered an ADM-rank officer and Sadar SDPO Ranjan Kumar to jointly conduct an inquiry into the incident.
“They would submit a report within two days,” he said.
The Sadar CDPO, in her verbal complaint to the DM, said she was on duty when the police officers stopped her vehicle for checking and misbehaved with her and the driver. “The incident took place around 10.15am. I told them that I am Sadar CDPO of Lakhisarai district. A police officer started misbehaving with me and my driver soon after I asked about their identity cards and why they were not in uniform,” she said.
She said her officially allotted vehicle was seized and taken to the police station. “I informed the DM about the incident after which my official vehicle was released. My driver was also thrashed. The place is hardly 200 metres from my office and I move out four to five times every day,” she said.
The CDPO said even the label of ‘Bihar government’ and ‘On duty Covid-19’ was also fixed on the windscreen of her vehicle. “I later came to know that one of the officers who misbehaved with me was a sub-inspector while another was the Town police station SHO,” she said.
The SP said an altercation took place after the SI asked CDPO to show identity card while she replied that who he was to ask for that. “He had asked so because the DM had ordered to check ID cards of people travelling in a vehicle at every checkpost to stop anyone coming from Munger, which is a corona hotspot,” he said.
The SP also said as officers were constantly coming in touch with several persons, they had to change uniform due to which the two policemen were in civil dress.
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