Lucknow DIG ‘slaps’ elderly man, suspended

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Earlier, Additional DGP (law and order) Daljit Singh Chowdhary had sought an explanation from the DIG for his act. “DIG, Lucknow has been asked by ADG, Law and Order to explain his conduct in hitting an elderly man last evening,” DGP Javeed Ahmad had said in a tweet after the video of Chowdhury slapping shopkeeper K P Tiwari went viral.

Tiwari runs a plastic goods shop in the market.

The incident occurred when DIG along with other policemen were in a round issuing instructions for removing the encroachments from Amrapali market. The DIG reportedly lost his cool while interacting with Tiwari as latter was taking time to remove the items placed on the roadside.

While Tiwari did not speak about the assault, the video showed the senior official slapping him.

Last year, CM had taken cognisance of another matter where photograph of a sub-inspector hitting a typewriter of a senior citizen on the roadside in Lucknow went viral on social media. The sub-inspector was then put under suspension and a new typewriter was handed over to the victim by the SSP and the district magistrate.

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