The Chief Minister also sent sweets and gifts to his daughter. (Archive)
Bulandshahr:
The Chief Minister, Yogi Adityanath, on the eve of Diwali ordered the release of a man arrested for illegally selling firecrackers. The Chief Minister also sent sweets and gifts to his daughter.
Adityanath reacted after video of a girl appeared on social media that showed her banging her head against a police van, pleading for her father’s release.
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 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 officers took them away in the truck, the daughter of one of the men began to cry and beg them to release her father.
As the video of the incident was shared several times, Chief Minister Adityanath considered the behavior of the police to be “insensitive” and quickly ordered the release of the men as well as ordering the delivery of Diwali gifts and sweets to the girl at her home. .
Bulandshahr Police Superintendent Santosh Kuma Singh also confirmed the incident.
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