JK police personnel seen parading man with garland of shoes in viral video; probe ordered

Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Police on Tuesday initiated a preliminary enquiry against police personnel involved in an incident whose video has gone viral on social media.

On June 24, a video went viral on social media platforms wherein a person whose upper part is naked and being garlanded with slippers found paraded by a police personnel of police station Bakshi Nagar publicly in the jurisdiction of Police Station Bakshi Nagar after being keeping him seated in the bonnet of police vehicle.

Whereas, this act on the part of police personnel is unprofessional, unbecoming of members of disciplined organisation and calls for a stern departmental action against them. In order to ascertain actual facts, a preliminary enquiry is hereby ordered and entrusted to SDPO City North, Jammu who will enquire into the matter and submit his findings to this office within week’s time positively, reads the statement. (GNS)