SURAT: A
video of a police inspector (PI) posted in
city traffic police being scolded by a man for driving in
BRTS lane has gone viral. The person who made the video used
abusive language, but the PI, who was in uniform and seated in car, didn't know what to say.
Traffic PI, circle II, M R Nakum was driving his car through BRTS lane in Jahangirpura area when this conscientious resident stopped his vehicle ahead of the police official's and forced him to stop.
The person asks Nakum in the video, "A common citizen is arrested by the police and taken to court for driving in BRTS lane. How can then a police officer drive in BRTS lane?" Nakum tries to explain that an emergency situation has cropped up. Thus, he was forced to take the BRTS lane. The answer irritates the man and he can be heard using abusive language for the cop.
"The video is of Tuesday and I was getting late for a meeting when this incident happened. The video was shot at a crossroad and not in BRTS lane. The person dangerously overtook my car and stopped me. I don't know him and didn't ask his name," Nakum said. The man later circulated the video in his group and it soon went viral. Nakum was recently transferred to traffic police from Dumas police station.
In the past too, he fell victim to hooliganism of residents in Muglisara when posted as PI of Chowk Bazaar police station. He was bullied by a crowd that had surrounded him. Incidents of people bullying policemen in public places are becoming common. A cop was harassed by a crowd in
Lal Darwaja area of the city in the recent past.
Late on Thursday evening, Nakum was suspended for negligence in connection with a murder case of last year registered at Dindoli police station, where he was PI then. The suspension order was issued by police commissioner Satish Sharma after preliminary inquiry.
