Police violate model code: Garhwa residents

GARHWA: Personnel of Dandai police station here irked the residents on Tuesday after they found the ruling BJP’s election symbol painted on their office wall. The residents were at the police station to attend a peace committee meeting convened by the district administration ahead of the Ram Navami festival. They promptly protested against the police, alleging violation of model code of conduct by the law-keepers.
After the complaint, the police station in-charge Ram Avatar immediately repainted the wall.
“The police are custodians of law and order, but they are openly violating the model code of conduct. The picture of lotus on the wall of a police station signifies that they are campaigning for a certain political party (read BJP),” said Pankaj Vishwakarma, mukhia of Dandai block’s Raro panchayat.
Vishwakarma also said he had complained to the BDO, Sunil Kumar Singh, about the matter earlierBut he did not pay heed to it.
Dandai police in-charge Ram Avatar said that the picture of lotus was not drawn on the wall on the instruction of any police official. “It was a painter who had unknowingly drawn the picture. We got it removed now,” he said.