Watch: Kolkata cop slaps famous sweetshop owner for keeping his store open during elections

A senior IPS officer of the Kolkata Police was seen in a video slapping a sweet shop owner in North Kolkata on Thursday while polls were on in the city.  The officer, identified as the Deputy Commissioner of the Detective Department (II) of Kolkata Police, Nagendra Tripathi was on duty at the Jorasanko and Shyampukur assembly constituency to maintain the law and order situation in these two areas amidst the polling process was on. 

When Tripathi was on a round, he asked Partha Nandy, the owner of the famous sweet shop - ‘Nakur’ in Shyampukur of North Kolkata to bring down shutters as his shop fell within the 100 metres periphery of a polling booth.  It was when, Tripathi was on a round for the second time in the same place, and he saw the shop open and several people outside the shop. He barged inside the shop and slapped the owner for not obeying his orders. 

The senior IPS officers ‘act’ was caught on a CCTV footage. While senior officers of Kolkata Police remained tight-lipped on the matter, sources in the force revealed that Tripathi is unlikely to face any action in connection with the matter. 

Meanwhile, the owner of the shop, Partha has filed a complaint with the Girish Park Police Station.  However, earlier in the day, Tripathi, who was in charge of two constituencies in Kolkata, witnessed peaceful polling the entire day. The cop was seen entering narrow lanes and bylanes, dispersing crowds and trouble mongers. The officer, led a huge convoy comprising the Central Forces and city police. 

With repeated rounds of the troubled areas and thorough checks, he ensured peaceful voting in the two constituencies. 

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