Kanpur: Samajwadi Party MLA fined for not wearing mask in public

KANPUR: Samajwadi Party (SP) MLA Irfan Solanki has landed into a controversy for allegedly creating a ruckus after being issued a ‘challan’ of Rs 1,000 for violating Covid-19 curbs by the city police on Sunday night. The incident came to light after videos of the alleged incident went viral on social media showing Solanki and his supporters having an argument and misbehaving with the police personnel.
The incident took place near Dalelpurwa police outpost when SP MLA quarrelled with the police after one of his supporters was made to pay Rs1,000 fine for not wearing a mask in public.Later, the police also fined the lawmaker Rs 1,000 for roaming without a mask.
City police commissioner Asim Kumar Arun has taken cognizance of the videos of the MLA and his supporters misbehaving with cops. “The MLA will have to pay the Rs 1,000 fine while policemen including SI (trainee) Abhishek Sonker and SI Faheem Khan, who took the action, will be rewarded with a cash prize of Rs 1,000 for upholding the law,” Arun told TOI on Monday.
Solanki, however, accused both the police personnel of misbehaving with him in public.
“I have a video to support my claim, besides I will not only take up the matter with the city police commissioner, but also with chief minister Yogi Adityanath and also raise the issue in the Assembly soon,” said Solanki while talking to reporters.
Meanwhile, supporters of SP MLA have now taken to social media to allege police high- handedness, condemning senior police officials for not initiating action against the cops for the same.
The police Commissioner said police will impose the Rs 1,000 fine on every citizen who will be found roaming without a mask.
Irfan Solanki son of late SP MLA Haji Mushtaque Solanki and had won 2017 Assembly polls from Sisamau constituency on SP ticket.