A lady police constable in Uttar Pradesh’s Agra, pending an inquiry, has been despatched to police lines visible as a punishment posting after a video of her flaunting a revolver in uniform went viral.
Constable Priyanka Misra reputedly shot the video internal a police station and published it on social media. In the clip, she is visible lip-syncing to a dialogue spoken with the aid of using a male in Hindi — that looks to laud what's defined as UP’s subculture of “rangbaazi (show-off)”.
“Haryana, Punjab toh bekaar hi badnaam hai. Aao kabhi Uttar Pradesh. Rangbaazi kya hoti hai hum tumhe batate hain… naa gunday pe gaana banaate hain, naa gaadi pe Jat-Gujjar likhaate hain. Humare yahaan 5-5 saal ke launde katta chalaate hain”
The constable was posted at Agra’s MM Gate police station. Agra Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Muniraj G. said Misra has been sent to police lines till the inquiry against her is completed.
“Her behaviour has violated the code of conduct followed by us. We took cognisance when the video came to our notice three days ago. She has been sent to police lines till we have the inquiry report,” the SSP added. “Departmental action will be taken against her after we have the report.”
The officer stated the constable had shot the video in a police station storeroom and had used one of the guns from the inventory there.
The constable had first published the video on her Instagram account however it has now been deleted.
Her account at the social media site is replete with reels in addition to snapshots of her in uniform. In one of the videos, she may be visible lip-syncing to the identical communication and song however without the gun.