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SHO leads farewell march, suspended after video goes viral

SHO leads farewell march, suspended after video goes viral
Lucknow: A police inspector who led a farewell procession along with 11 other cops in Baskhari police station area in Ambedkarnagar district on Thursday was suspended.
SP Ambedkarnagar, Alok Priyadarshi took action against SHO Manoj Singh soon after a video of the procession went viral. The SHO was suspended for violating restrictions of social distancing.
An enquiry was also initiated under an additional SP rank officer.
The 39-second video shows the SHO being given a grand farewell, wherein a cavalcade of five police bikes and three police jeeps is seen escorting him. Policemen in uniform are seen riding their bikes, whereas jeeps are blowing sirens and horns.
Priyadarshi told TOI that Singh had been transferred as SHO at Zaidpur police station from Baskhari, which was a routine transfer.
“However, while leaving the charge of Baskhari and going to join Zaidpur, the SHO, along with other policemen passed through the area in a cavalcade,” said the SP.
He said that none of the policemen could be seen wearing a face mask. Also, they were not observing proper social distancing. “The convoy also disturbed the movement of vehicles on the main road,” he said.
An FIR under the charges of lockdown violation has been registered against Singh and other unidentified cops, the officer added.
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