Video of cop telling woman to changeroute, avoid miscreants to be probed

Varanasi: Superintendent of police (SP) Chandauli on Monday ordered a probe into a video purportedly showing a police inspector suggesting a woman to change her route and avoid the miscreants who were harassing her instead of initiating action against the accused. The probe will be conducted by circle officer (CO) Sakaldiha.
Additional SP Chandauli Dayaram Saroj said, “The video being made viral on social media contains a conversation between the complainant Vikas alias Ravi Upadhyaya of Dhina and inspector Dhanapur.The woman Poonam Dubey, who could be seen in the video, was accompanying Vikas.”
“Though the alleged conversation seems to be out of context, the CO Sakaldiha has been asked to probe into the matter and submit his report at the earliest. Any action will be taken in this episode as per the outcome of the CO’s investigation,” he added.
According to police, Vikas was married to one Khushi Pandey of a village in Dhanapur in 2020. After a few days of the marriage, a dispute occurred between the couple and their families on the issue of jewellery. Later, Khushi’s family started alleging that Vikas and his family members were torturing her. On Sunday, Vikas reached Dhanapur police station and alleged that his in-laws with five-six other persons had thrashed him on Saturday, although he could not show any mark of injury.
Police said, “Inspector Dhanapur asked Vikas and the woman accompanying him to take precautions as investigation in their dispute was in progress and both the groups should show patience till the issue was resolved.”
As the woman accompanying Vikas was continuously terming his in-laws as “snake”, the inspector had asked them to avoid confrontation and try not to come face to face. However, a portion of the conversation was made viral on social media to give a false impression that the inspector suggested the woman to change her route in view of the threat, police added.