In an incident showing the state of law and order in Lucknow, a man slapped a uniformed senior inspector, which was caught in cam. “Policegiri Dikhayega”, the man asked the cop before thrashing him. Later, 4 persons were held in the matter. The accused were identified as Ashish Shukla, Priyank Mathur, Pravendra Kumar, Pranjul Mathur. In a video gone viral on social media, the accused slapped the inspector repeatedly in public view before they were held. According to reports, the small physical altercation happened after the policeman’s car hit their four-wheeler vehicle that was already parked wrongly.
Background
“Tu Jaanta Nahi Mera Baap Kaun Hai”, is a phrase stereotyped where a person uses their influence to assert their dominance. While this phrase is generally used in memes or jokes in reference to men from Delhi, men wielding influence are found everywhere in India.
Recently, a cop in Lucknow was thrashed and was told that he would be scrapped off his uniform by men who claimed to hold influence. However, justice prevailed and the men were later held for assaulting the cop during service, and for criminal intimidation.
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The Facts of the Matter
On Thursday this week, SI Vinod Kumar had come to Lucknow to attend a meeting at the office of minority commission. While the meeting was uneventful, the rest of the evening was quite eventful for him.
How One Thing Led to Another?
When he was returning through Lucknow’s Niralnagar, he met with a small accident where he ended up hitting a four-wheeler, while trying to save a motorcyclist ahead of him. The uniformed cop was soon cornered by a group of men, and soon he was slapped by a man later identified as Ashish Shukla.
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‘Policegiri Dikhayega?’ Accused Asks, Slap Cop
For a while, the uniformed sub-inspector is thrashed by the group, all in the view of the public. The incident was caught on video where one can hear a man saying, “Policegiri dikhayega? (Want to play cop with us?).
The uniformed cop is also threatened by a man that he will be stripped off his uniform and rank. Soon, a person tries to pull the attacking man away from the cop.
#Lucknow : A man was arrested hours after a video showing him thrashing a policeman went viral on social media on Friday. pic.twitter.com/mi3miAz4UQ
— TOI Lucknow News (@TOILucknow) December 3, 2021
One Accused a Teacher, Other UPSC Aspirant, Another Lawyer
As one would assume, justice was late to get hold of the accused, but it eventually did. The cop filed an FIR at the Hasanganj police station against four accused. The accused have been identified as Ashish Shukla, Pranjul Mathur, Priyank Mathur, & Pravendra Kumar.
Interestingly enough, the accused comes from a decent privileged background. Shukla works for an online company, Mathur is a practicing lawyer, and Kumar is a teacher while Pranjul is a UPSC aspirant.
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Case Against Accused Booked, ‘Won’t Be Tolerated’ Warns DGP
The four accused have been booked under relevant sections of the IPC including dacoity charges, criminal intimidation and assaulting a police officer on duty. A Times of India report quoted Director-General of Police Mukul Goel saying, “Be it a constable or a sub-inspector, attack in such a manner will not be tolerated. He also claimed that the Lucknow Police has been instructed to arrest other unidentified accused.
