Surajpur Collector slapping youth (Pic via Screengrab)
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel has ordered removal of Surajpur Collector Ranbir Sharma after a video of him went viral on social media in which he can be seen slapping a youth for violating lockdown rules.
The incident was followed by an uproar on social media platform with netizens demanding action against the DM.
Condemning the act, Baghel said that he got to know about the incident through social media. Such conduct is not acceptable in the official life of any officer. I am upset with this incident. I apologize to the young man and his family, Baghel said in his tweet. R
Surajpur (Chhattisgarh) [India], May 24 (ANI): Surajpur superintendent of police (SP) Rajesh Kukreja on Sunday took action against in charge of police station Kotwali, Basant Khalkho for beating a man for allegedly violating COVID-19 guidelines.
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, in a string of tweets on Sunday, said he has ordered the immediate removal of Surajgarh District Collector for slapping a person who was out to buy medicines amid the Covid-19 lockdown.
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], May 23 (ANI): Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Sunday directed that a new mobile phone as a compensation will be provided to the youth, whose mobile got damaged during the alleged misbehaviour by the collector.