New Delhi: The Uttar Pradesh Police announced Thursday that Inspector Bhishmpal Singh Yadav who was caught masturbating at a woman and her daughter inside a police station in Deoria has been arrested.
The arrest, which was made Wednesday, was announced on the official Twitter handle of the Uttar Pradesh DGP.
We condemn the disgraceful & unpardonable conduct of Inspector Bhishmpal, Ex. S.H.O. Police Station Bhatni, Deoria. He has been arrested & also dismissed from service.
U.P. Police affirms it's zero tolerance policy to Crime against Women, Insensitivity & Corruption.@CMOfficeUP— DGP UP (@dgpup) July 2, 2020
A former station house officer of Bhatni police station, Yadav was recorded by the woman complainant when she had visited the police station along with her daughter to lodge a land dispute complaint on 22 June.
The woman has said that she decided to record the video after she was fed up with his repeated obscene acts. The video has since gone viral on social media.
SHO Bhismpal of Bhatni PS in Deoria district caught masturbating in front of a mother & her daughter inside PS. The duo had came to complain about a land dispute.
Meanwhile after video (2:26 min long) turned up online, FIR has been lodged, claimed @deoriapolice pic.twitter.com/rPGr4UHm2i
— Arvind Chauhan (@arvindcTOI) June 30, 2020
Yadav was suspended on 26 June and an FIR under sections 166 (public servant disobeying law), 354-A (sexual harassment) and 509 (act with intent to insult the modesty of woman) of the IPC logged against him on 30 June.
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Cop was absconding after FIR against him
Yadav had been absconding since the FIR against him and Shripati Mishra, the superintendent of police (SP), Deoria, had Wednesday announced a reward of Rs 25,000 for help in locating the inspector.
थाना भटनी पर पंजीकृत अभियोग में ₹25000 इनाम घोषित अभियुक्त निरीक्षक की गिरफ्तारी एवं @diggorakhpur द्वारा उक्त निरीक्षक को बर्खास्त किए जाने के संबंध में पुलिस अधीक्षक देवरिया की बाइट। @Uppolice @dgpup @AdgGkr pic.twitter.com/ujqrK3wzgZ
— DEORIA POLICE (@deoriapolice) July 1, 2020
The SP had also said it wasn’t the first time that Yadav had caught the attention of his seniors. Earlier, he was transferred from the Salempur Kotwali police station only two days after he was posted there for alleged dereliction of duty.
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