New Delhi: A senior police officer was filmed asking members of the Muslim community to “go to Pakistan” in the Meerut district of Uttar Pradesh. The incident reportedly occurred during a protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act on December 20. However, the video of the incident only surfaced recently and soon went viral over social media.
The video captures Meerut SP Akhilesh Singh shouting at protesters and saying, “Where will you go? I will sort out this lane. The ones tying black and yellow bands, tell them to go to Pakistan. You eat here but sing praises of another place. This lane is now familiar to me and once I remember, I can even reach your grandmother.”
“Every man from each house will be arrested,” adds Singh in an apparent warning to the locals.
Commenting on the incident, Meerut Police responded with claims of stone-pelting and violence from protesters on that day. They said, “Protesters were pelting stones on police officers and were raising pro-Pakistan slogans. The slogans were raised after they saw us. Papers carrying objectionable content in support of PFI were distributed in Meerut. But our officers showed restraint and did not misbehave with everyone. We did not misbehave with elders who were present there. Those who are running the video now are trying to vitiate the atmosphere.”
From her official Twitter handle, Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi tweeted the viral video and captioned it with, “Indian Constitution does not allow anyone to use such language. When you are occupying a high post, your responsibility increases manifold. The BJP has poisoned the institutions so much so that these officers have no respect for the constitutional oath they have taken.”
