Cop suspended after video of him misbehaving with public in inebriated condition goes viral

BARIPADA: A Sub-Inspector (SI) posted in Betnoti police station was placed under suspension on Thursday after a video of him misbehaving with the public in an inebriated condition went viral on social media.

The suspended cop was identified as Sachidananda Kishan. On Wednesday, he was found lying drunk on a bench of a betel shop near Betnoti police station Chowk.

When some locals advised him to go home as he was unable to control himself, Kishan misbehaved with them. A few persons recorded the entire incident on their mobile phones and posted the video on social media platforms.

After the video came to the notice of Mayurbhanj SP Parmar Smit Parshottamdas, an inquiry was conducted and Kishan suspended.

Parshottamdas said the SI was suspended for dereliction of duty and misconduct in public. There is zero tolerance under Mo Sarkar initiative for defaulting police officers who are found in drunken condition while discharging their duty, the SP tweeted.

Sources said Kishan was earlier suspended and remanded to judicial custody for corruption last year. The SI had taken bribe from an accused to remove his name from the complaint when he was posted in  Baripada Town police station.