The incident was confirmed by the prime minister’s close aide, Shalabh mani Tripathi, who said the incident occurred in the town of Khurja in Bulandshar.
Local police had arrested the girl’s father along with a few others after a raid in the Mundakheda Road area of Khurja on Friday night for illegally selling firecrackers.
As the policemen were about to take them away in the van, the youngest daughter of one of the men began to cry and beg them to release her father.
Desperate, she also hit her head several times against the police van, but the policemen ignored her screams and one of them pushed her to the side so the driver could drive the vehicle.
When video of the incident went viral, Chief Minister Adityanath deemed the police behavior “insensitive” and immediately ordered the men’s release, as well as ordering them to send Diwali gifts and sweets to the girl at her home. .
Bulandshahr Police Chief Superintendent Santosh Kuma Singh also confirmed the incident saying that the police sent some sweets to the girl on the CM’s orders.
One of the sheriffs, Brijveer, who was found to be deficient in handling the situation with a human touch, was also transferred to police lines, he said.
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