Through PTI
SIDHI: A journalist and a couple of activists who have been protesting in opposition to the arrest of an artist have been detained and compelled to strip all the way down to their undergarments whilst in police custody in Madhya Pradesh’s Sidhi district.
After the pictures of the detained individuals in lingerie went viral on social media, two native police officers have been transferred, a senior police reliable mentioned on Thursday.
A neighborhood journalist and a few activists have been protesting “in unauthorised approach” in entrance of the Kotwali police station right here in opposition to the arrest of Neeraj Kunder, director of Indravati Drama Faculty, on April 2.
Kunder were arrested for allegedly posting defamatory posts on Fb the usage of a false identification in opposition to native BJP MLA Kedar Nath Shukla and his son Gurudutt Sharan Shukla, mentioned Kotwali police station in-charge Manoj Soni.
A gaggle of activists at the side of native “YouTube journalist” Kanishk Tiwari staged a protest in entrance of the Kotwali police station, shouting slogans in opposition to MLA Shukla and Leader Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan.
In step with police officer Soni, they have been detained for protesting with out permission and disrupting peace, and launched on April 3.
However on Thursday, the pictures of the protestors of their lingerie went viral.
Requested concerning the viral images, Soni mentioned they have been requested to strip down to lingerie as a result of infrequently other folks grasp themselves in custody the usage of their garments and this used to be a safety measure.
After the pictures appearing the protesters getting humiliated on this method led to outrage, Soni and sub-inspector Abhishek Singh have been `line-attached’ (shunted out from box accountability) at the leader minister’s order for leaking the images, mentioned a senior police reliable.
Congress chief Ajay Singh, in a remark, condemned the remedy meted out to journalist Kanishk Tiwari.
“This behaviour of the police officers with a journalist now not simplest displays terror of police, but additionally the BJP executive’s perspective against the media fraternity and its considering,” he mentioned, terming the incident as a right away assault on “democracy’s fourth property”.
