shows police misbehaving – Following widespread reaction over a video that purportedly showed two uniformed police officers behaving inappropriately towards a man and a woman, reportedly brother-sister, inside a restaurant in Katihar, Bihar Police said they have issued show cause notices to the officers concerned. Acknowledging the incident that took place on October 24, Bihar Police shared a statement on Twitter on Monday, in which information has been given about the incident that took place in Barsoi police station area of ​​Katihar district. He clarified that his team reached the restaurant in response to reports of presence of “anti-social elements” at the venue and alleged that the brother and sister behaved disrespectfully towards the officers after being asked their names and addresses.

Watch the video here: The station head officer informed the sub-divisional police officer (SDPO) about the incident, and later a report was filed at the police station. The department concluded by assuring appropriate action.

Story continues below this advertisement. Police said in a statement that hotels and lodges are being inspected to keep an eye on anti-social elements in Manihari area in connection with the Bihar Assembly elections.

“At around 8 pm, information was received that some anti-social elements were sitting in the BR-11 restaurant located near Barsoi Ram Chowk. Confirming this information, the station in-charge (SHO) reached the restaurant with force at around 8. 10 pm.

When the people sitting there were questioned about their identity, they could not give any satisfactory answer. This led to an argument between the police and the people, which led to a heated argument in front of the police officers and other people present there. spot, “Police said in a statement.

Story continues below this advertisement. Police said they have registered the case, and the SHO immediately sent a report to SDPO Barsoi. However, many social media users were not satisfied with the police response.

One person said, “Dismiss these policemen from service to send a message to the people in uniform to serve the public and not rule like thugs and goons, bullying and abusing those they are meant to serve. “.