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  • Bareilly SDM removed for 'punishing' man
  • Officer made man to squat as 'murga'
  • Action against SDM after video went viral

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Video: UP SDM 'punishes' complainant, asks him to squat in 'murga' position

Meanwhile, the official has denied all charges against him saying the complainant squatted on his own. 

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      Sub-divisional magistrate of Meerganj tehsil in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly has been removed from his post after a video surfaced in which he is purportedly seen to have asked a man to squat in his office as a punishment.

      The man reached the SDM's office to lodge his complaint about the alleged encroachment of a cremation ground but the official allegedly told him “murga bano (squatting and holding both ears)” as a punishment. A video of the incident went viral on Friday.

      Divisional Commissioner of Bareilly Saumya Agarwal on Saturday said that a probe has been ordered into the incident.

      District Magistrate of Bareilly Shivakant Dwivedi said that prima facie laxity on the part of the SDM Udit Pawar has emerged and he has been attached to the district headquarters. Pawar has been replaced by Desh Deepak Singh as Bareilly SDM.

      Pawar has denied all allegations saying the complainant squatted “on his own”.

      "I did not ask any complainant to squat. The youth who came to my office squatted on his own as he entered my room. His friends took photographs and made videos, and then made those videos viral." "I assured them that the matter will be probed by the tehsildar, and action will be taken if any encroachment of cremation ground is found," Pawar added.

      The complainant has alleged that when he and some villagers asked the SDM to act on the alleged encroachment in Mandanpur village, Pawar got angry and insulted them and then asked one of them to squat as punishment.

      Villagers of Mandanpur village said that the cremation ground has been encroached by some Muslims.

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