New Delhi: Two days after the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) march on Parliament was stopped by security forces, an officer of the Rapid Action Force (RAF) has turned into a social media sensation of the undesirable kind over a post she put out in connection with the protest in the Capital.
By Wednesday morning, Instagrammer Sonia Sehrawat was viral across social media platforms for what many called “insensitive” and “sadistic”.
“CAN’T FIX THEMSELVES AND THEY WANNA FIX THE COUNTRY,” Sehrawat had written in an Instagram story featuring a picture of a dead cockroach.
The CJP, which has led the protests, roundly—and cheekily—criticised Sehrawat’s Instagram story. “ABSOLUTELY SHOCKING. This RAF official actually sees the peaceful protesters as cockroaches and thinks that the brutality of the police was justified because of that,” the CJP said on X. “But you see, we are cockroaches. And cockroaches never die!”
Sehrawat is an Assistant Commandant in the RAF, a specialised wing of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) that has expertise in crowd management and riot control, and was deployed in the New Delhi district on Monday when thousands of protesters attempted to march to Parliament. Sehrawat, who has 6 lakh followers on Instagram, has deleted the post.
Sources said that her social media posts have created quite a buzz, and are the subject of discussion among officers and personnel of the RAF and CRPF. “These posts are creating a bad name for the forces. We are a professional unit and we have the mandate of crowd control and handle riot-like situations,” a CRPF officer told ThePrint.
“Making political comments such as this one, even from a personal account when the personnel is personally involved in the duties, should amount to a disciplinary issue. Let’s see if the top brass take cognisance and a tough stance on it,” the officer added.
(Edited by Nardeep Singh Dahiya)
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Exlant job, good work, naya Rudrama devi
She is absolutely right
Kudos to Ms. Sehrawat!
She said openly what everyone is saying in private.
Deserves applause for her gumption and courage.