New Delhi: After 19 years, the Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha on Friday punished six police personnel over a breach of privilege notice given by then BJP MLA Salil Bishnoi. The six police personnel would remain in custody till midnight Friday in a special cell in the Vidhan Bhawan complex. The police personnel were also given an opportunity to explain their conduct and they apologised for the behaviour and said that they hold elected representatives in high esteem.
According to reports the police personnel had misbehaved with BJP leader Salil Bishnoi when he was leading a delegation to submit a memorandum against power cuts in Kanpur to the district magistrate (Kanpur Nagar) on September 15, 2004, news agency ANI reported.
Bishnoi gave the information about the breach of privilege to the House on October 25, 2004. He had enclosed newspaper clippings, photographs and a medical report, along with his notice, informing the House about the breach of privilege.
On July 28, 2005, the then deputy speaker of the state legislative Assembly and then chairman of the privilege committee Rajesh Agarwal submitted recommendations to award imprisonment to then CO (Babupurwa) Abdul Samad and reprimand other policemen by summoning them to the House.
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The six police personnel are Abdul Samad (who switched over to another service and has retired as an IAS officer), then circle officer Babupurva, SHO, Kidwai Nagar police station, Rishikant Shukla, then SI at Kotwali police station, Triloki Singh, then constable at Kidwai Nagar police station, Chhotey Singh Yadav, then constable at Kakadev police station, Vinod Mishra and Meharban Singh Yadav then constables at Kakadev police station.
They were given an opportunity to explain their conduct and the six of them have apologised and said that they hold elected representatives in high esteem.