Last Update: July 07, 2022, 3:48 PM IST
While being taken to the police station, Saraswat reportedly told Chishti that he was intoxicated while making the controversial video statement. (File Photo/News 18)
Rajasthan Police Service (RPS) officer Sandeep Saraswat was fired last night and an inquiry will be conducted against him by the Vigilance Wing of the police.
An inquiry has been ordered against a police officer who is seen in a video purportedly scraping a ‘khadim’ who had allegedly called for beheading of now-suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma, To say that he was intoxicated at the time of making the statement. Acting Director General of Police Umesh Mishra said on Thursday that Rajasthan Police Service (RPS) officer Sandeep Saraswat has been removed last night and an inquiry will be conducted against him by the Vigilance Wing of the police.
In a video, Salman Chishti, the caretaker of Ajmer dargah, offered his house to the one who beheaded Sharma for his controversial remarks against Prophet Mohammad. He was arrested late Tuesday night from his house in Khadim Mohalla of Ajmer. While being taken to the police station, Saraswat reportedly told Chishti that he was intoxicated while making the controversial video statement.
A video of officer Saraswat with Chishti surfaced on social media, following which Rajasthan Police removed him from his posting. BJP MLA from Ajmer North Vasudev Devnani shared the video clip on Facebook and termed Saraswat’s action as “height of appeasement by Rajasthan government”.
Police is explaining ‘Bol dena drunk tha’ to a criminal so that he can escape. Ashok Gehlot’s police is protecting Khadim Salman Chishti of Ajmer Dargah who asked for Nupur Sharma’s neck. We thought that the culprit would be punished. Kanhaiya Lal was not given protection by Rajasthan Police,” he wrote in Hindi along with the video. Meanwhile, Chishti is in police custody.
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