Aam Aadmi Party’s Ludhiana South MLA Rajinderpal Kaur Chhina on Wednesday pulled up an IPS officer in full public view for conducting searches on alleged anti-social components in her constituency, with out preserving her within the loop, reported The Indian Express. The search was carried out in Ludhiana’s Shimlapuri space by Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) (Industrial Area B) Dr Jyoti Yadav as part of the Punjab police’s ongoing drive to crack down on criminals throughout the state.
The MLA was additional aggravated by the truth that her celebration counterpart from the adjoining Atam Nagar constituency, MLA Kulwant Singh Sandhu, was accompanying the police within the search operation, whereas she didn’t have any information about it, in accordance with IE. Chhina requested Yadav whether or not the ACP had the authority to guide search operations in her space.
“MLA kaun hai? (Who is the MLA),” Chhina is seen asking the highest cop within the video, to which the ACP replies, “You are the MLA.”
Admonishing the officer within the presence of different officers and onlookers, Chhina was heard saying in Punjabi: “Mainu inform kita?” (Did you inform me?) After the ACP Yadav tried to clarify that she was appearing on the orders of the Ludhiana police commissioner, Chhina stated, “Main tuhanu ki puch rahi haan… main jo puch rahi haan mainu ohda jawaab do..” (Just reply my query).”
While talking to IE, the officer clarified that she was not required to tell the native MLA, and known as out the MLA for behaving rudely together with her. Reacting to the incident, ACP Yadav informed IE, “Her behaviour with me wasn’t polite at all but I tried to maintain my calm. Being an IPS officer, I tried to maintain my dignity and replied politely. But respect is always mutual. We conducted the search operation on orders of the Commissioner of Police and we are not supposed to inform any politician before doing our duty. The inputs from elected representatives of people are always welcome but misbehaviour cannot be tolerated”.
However, Chhina, whereas defending her actions, informed IE, “The MLA of some other constituency (Sidhu) was accompanying police in my area but I wasn’t informed. It was only after local shopkeepers complained that I got to know about it. It was not entirely the ACP’s fault, she was misguided. I only asked her for an answer.”
The different AAP MLA, Sidhu, backed the officer and stated that her celebration colleague’s behaviour in the direction of an officer on responsibility was “uncalled for.” Ludhiana Commissioner of Police Kaustubh Sharma informed IE that officers usually are not obliged to tell any politician about their work.
Source: www.financialexpress.com”