High-voltage drama at Jagdalpur-Kotwali police station following a scuffle between the IPS office and Congress workers

RakshaMay 3, 2023

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Raipur. On Tuesday, Kotwali police station in Jagdalpur, the district headquarters of Bastar, saw a scuffle between a Congress worker and an IPS officer. The former was allegedly kicked for chewing “gutkha” inside the officer’s cabin.

Sources said that youth Congress worker Mahesh Dwivedi had gone to meet CSP Vikas Kumar, an IPS officer posted at Kotwali police station, on Tuesday for some work. The IPS officer expressed dissatisfaction when he saw Mahesh Dwivedi chewing ‘gutkha’. As the CSP objected, Mahesh Dwivedi tried to influence him through his political connections. CSP allegedly slapped him.

Mahesh Dwivedi came out of the cabin and called his party colleagues, who gathered at the police station, creating chaos. They demanded an apology from the CSP, according to sources.

Congress workers Sushil Maurya and Mahesh Dwivedi filed a complaint at the Kotwali police station, alleging disrespectful treatment by the CSP.

“I came to know that the Congress workers misbehaved with the cops in the police station, but the Congress workers accused the cops of misbehaving with them.” “We are examining the CCTV footage of the incident, and only then can we say something about it,” said Bastar Superintendent of Police Jitendra Singh Meena.

Talking to reporters, Maurya said that he had reached Kotwali police station after receiving a call from his party colleague alleging that CSP Vikas Kumar (IPS) had kicked him.

“When I asked the CSP why he did so?, he replied, “Gutka Kha ke aaya hai” (he has come while chewing pan masala),” Maurya told reporters.

Congress city president Rajiv Sharma told reporters that they had briefed chief minister Bhupesh Baghel about the incident.

Meanwhile, former minister and BJP spokesperson Kedar Kashyap questioned the law and order in the state under the Congress government. He alleged that the Congress workers dared to enter into a brawl with the CSP and later tried to put pressure on him to render an apology. This is not the first time Congress workers and leaders are taking the law into their own hands, said Kedar Kashyap, adding that recently a Congress MLA and his supporters slapped a bank employee in Surguja.