Row erupts as police aspirants in MP get caste marked on chests
Dhar Superintendent of Police, Birendra Singh, condemned the incident and ordered an inquiry into the matter.
Bhopal: A row has erupted over marking of chests of police constable aspirants to identify their castes during their medical tests in Dhar district in Madhya Pradesh.
Photographs showing the candidates stamped with “SC”, “ST” and “OBC” on their chests during their medical tests in Dhar have gone viral in social media leaving the Madhya Pradesh government red faced.
“No instructions have been given to mark the candidates to identify their castes. This is grave matter. We have begun a probe into it. Guilty will be punished,” Dhar district superintendent of police Birendra Kumar Singh said on Sunday. Director General of Police of MP Rishi Kumar Shukla also took serious exception to it, saying, “This should not have happened. But, there was no ill-motive behind the move”.