SI shifted out for ‘disrespecting’ Tricolour during cricket match in Chennai

Speaking to The Indian Express, Triplicane DCP Deshmukh Shekhar Sanjay said there was no ban on carrying any flags, and that the police on duty were asked to watch out only for flags and banners with controversial themes.

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When some fans tried to enter the stadium with the national flag, they were allegedly stopped by the officer on duty near Gate 4 on the Victoria Hostel Road. (Express File Photo)

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The Chennai police transferred a sub-inspector for allegedly disrespecting the tricolour at the MA Chidambaram Stadium during a World Cup cricket match between Pakistan and Afghanistan Monday. A video of the incident where the officer is seen recovering the flag from the bin and hurriedly folding it to keep it in a police van has gone viral.

When some fans tried to enter the stadium with the national flag, they were allegedly stopped by the officer on duty near Gate 4 on the Victoria Hostel Road.

Speaking to The Indian Express, Triplicane DCP Deshmukh Shekhar Sanjay said there was no ban on carrying any flags, and that the police on duty were asked to watch out only for flags and banners with controversial themes.

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“There is absolutely no ban on fans carrying any flags. As per the information we received, the officer stopped a couple of fans from carrying the national flag and later put it in a nearby bin and then took it. We conducted an initial inquiry and the officer was transferred to the control room,” the DCP said.

Meanwhile, state Tamil Nadu BJP president K Annamalai lambasted the police. “The police outside the stadium disallowed fans from carrying the Indian flag to today’s match in Chepauk. Who gave TNCA this right?” he wrote on X.

Janardhan Koushik

Janardhan Koushik is Deputy Copy Editor of indianexpress.com. He is a New Media journalist with over five years of reporting experience in the industry. He has a keen interest in politics, sports, films, and other civic issues. Janardhan holds a Bachelor’s degree in Visual Communication from SRM Arts and Science College and a PG Diploma in New Media from Asian College of Journalism, one of the top ranked journalism schools in India. He started his career with India Today group as a sub-editor as part of the sports team in 2016. He has also a wide experience as a script-writer having worked for short-films, pilot films as well as a radio jockey cum show producer while contributing for an online Tamil FM. As a multilingual journalist, he actively tracks the latest development in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry utiling his well-established networks to contribute significantly to breaking news stories. He has also worked as a sports analyst for Star Sports. ... Read More

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