By Maktoob Staff
A video of an Uttar Pradesh police officer pointing a gun to threaten Muslim women voters during a by-poll has emerged on social media, triggering outrage.
The video from Uttar Pradesh’s Meerapur was shared by Samajwadi Party chief and former UP chief minister Akhilesh Yadav, demanding immediate action.
In the video Yadav shared, a Muslim woman is heard telling the cop, “You don’t have the order to fire.” The cop, revolver in hand, walks towards her shouting, “we have the orders”. The Muslim woman stands her ground and says, “This is not right.”
The cop has been identified as Station House Officer Rajiv Sharma.
“Election Commission should immediately suspend the SHO of Kakrouli police station area of Meerapur because he is stopping voters from casting their votes by threatening them with a revolver,” read a Hindi post on X.
Replying to Yadav’s post, Muzaffarnagar District Magistrate (DM) Umesh Mishra denied the allegations and said the police team had gone to the area near Kakrouli village on receiving information that a fight had broken out between two groups. Sharma said efforts were made to get the groups to disperse but stones were thrown at the police team, after which “mild force” was used.
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