Dubahar police station in-charge has been put on line after a video of BJP candidate Dayashankar Singh purportedly congratulating BJP candidate from Sadar seat in Ballia district for his victory in advance and asking him to become a minister went viral on social media. District Additional Superintendent of Police Vijay Tripathi had told on Sunday that Raj Kumar Singh, in-charge of the district’s Dubahar police station, had given advance wishes to BJP candidate Dayashankar Singh for allegedly winning from Ballia Sadar seat and becoming a cabinet minister. After its video became public on social media, orders were given to investigate the matter.
The video was found to be correct in the investigation of Deputy Superintendent of Police (City) Bhushan Verma. After this, taking action against him on Tuesday, SP Raj Karan, while presenting the line to the in-charge of the police station, appointed Atul Kumar Mishra as the new in-charge of Dubahar police station in his place. In the viral video on social media, the station in-charge is clearly visible congratulating Dayashankar Singh for becoming a cabinet minister. In the video, the station in-charge is seen saying – “Sir, I am your SHO. For the first time I am going to escort you, wishing you a cabinet minister.
Saying this, the SHO looks very happy in the video. On the other hand Dayashankar Singh also smiles and accepts the Thanedar’s greetings and then his convoy increases. However, police station in-charge Raj Kumar Singh had said that the video was presented in a wrong way.
He said that on the midnight of March 2, there was an incident of clash between Samajwadi Party (SP) and BJP supporters in the police station area and in this incident BJP candidate Dayashankar Singh accused SP candidate and former minister Narad Rai of conspiracy to murder. A complaint has been lodged for assault.
He said that after this incident, Dayashankar Singh had reached the police station with his supporters, on the other hand, SP supporters were also coming to the police station, so in order to handle the law and order situation, he showed intelligence to Dayashankar Singh and BJP supporters in some way. Removed and controlled the matter. The station in-charge said that the video is from that time.