Uttar Pradesh: Cop smashes man’s typewriter, breaks it into pieces, suspended

Lucknow: A sub inspector of the police has been suspended following intervention of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav after pictures of the cop damaging the typewriter of an elderly typist went viral on the social media.

 

Krishna Kumar, 65, had been sitting on the pavement outside the General Post Office (GPO) working as the typist for the last 35 years, a senior officer said.

 

On pretext of “security movement”, in-charge of the secretariat police outpost, sub-inspector Pradeep Kumar asked Mr Kumar to vacate the place on Saturday  and even crushed the latter’s typewriter under his boots.

The pleas of the elderly man went unheard and the SI continued with the act till the typewriter was completely smashed.

 

As the pictures of the incident went viral on the social media, the CM asked senior officers to suspend the errant cop and provide a new typewriter to the victim.

 

On his directive, SSP Rajesh Pandey suspended the SI and ordered an inquiry to be headed by the circle officer, Alambagh.

 

District magistrate Rajshekhar and SSP Pandey later visited Mr Kumar’s house and handed over a  new typewriter to him.

 

The CM has asked the senior officers to train policemen in improving their behaviour while dealing with the public, the officer said.