A young lady Indian Police Service (IPS) officer on Monday caused embarrassment to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath when she openly dared a ruling party Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA), close to Yogi and from CM's hometown Gorakhpur, through a tweet stating that "being a woman officer she will not stand anyone's arrogance."
The tweet by a young Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP), posted at Chiluataal Police Station in Gorakhpur, has caused a flutter in the political as well as the bureaucratic circles in the state. The Opposition parties have sought action against the erring BJP MLA and protection to the lady officer.
Charu Nigam, an IPS officer of 2013 batch, tweeted on Monday to vent her grouse against the alleged misbehaviour of a BJP MLA from Gorakhpur Dr Radha Mohan Das Agarwal. After a clash on Sunday between the police and an agitating mob, Agarwal had accused the lady officer of lathi-charging peacefully demonstrating women, including a pregnant lady and children. When Nigam sought to clarify the charges levelled against her, Agarwal had allegedly yelled at her and had asked her "to shut up and mind her own business".
The incident reached a boiling cauldron on Monday when the lady IPS officer challenged the BJP MLA through a Twitter post.
She began her tweet by saying "her tears should not be taken as her weakness; they came out due to emotions; being a lady officer she will not stand anyone's arrogance; the truth will itself speak the facts."
"My training hasn't taught me to be weak. I just did not expect that my SP City Ganesh Saha would outrightly reject the irrational argument and talk about my injury. Before sir came, I was the seniormost officer in police there but when sir came and stood by the force, I got emotional (sic)," she added.
She thanked the media for taking a stand by speaking the truth. "Media has taken this stand because every one of them had seen both the incidents. I am thankful to them to have shown the truth with least manipulation. I believe that good gets the good and that's why I have got the support of the media," she said in her tweet.
She ended her tweet with an appeal: "Please stay calm! I am fine and slightly hurt. Nothing to be agitated or worried about."
Soon after, support started pouring in. Former chief minister and the Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav alleged that even the lady officers were not safe under the Yogi government. "It is not a solitary case. Ever since Yogi government came to power incidents of ruling party MLAs misbehaving with officers have increased," he alleged.
The Central IPS Association has also taken serious note of the incident. In a Facebook post the association has demanded action against the guilty. "If interference in law enforcement goes unpunished, ability of police to protect people gets eroded," the post said. The association has demanded zero tolerance on such incidents.
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