Delhi Police ACP Arshdeep Singh has reported concerning behavior directed at officers amid ongoing protests
ACP says police officers, families also abused
Because such incidents could affect the morale of the entire force, he said senior officers were being specifically targeted.
NEW DELHI: Amid continuing protests in the capital against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, Delhi Police ACP Arshdeep Singh alleged that senior officers and women personnel deployed for crowd control were being targeted, pushed and abused, describing the alleged conduct as an attempt to “demotivate and demoralise” the force. Speaking about allegations of protesters targeting senior police officers, Singh said personnel, including women staff, were also facing difficulties while trying to maintain law and order. My point is that protesters often forget—while they are students, we, including our female staff, are someone’s children or daughters too,” he said.
“I would like to say this: a senior police officer once remarked that we, too, could have stayed safely at home; we were also raised by others with great hardship. Singh alleged that women police personnel had been dragged into crowds, pushed, manhandled and assaulted while dealing with protesters. The remarks come amid heightened tensions around protests against Gyanesh Kumar, with Delhi Police recently deploying body-worn cameras among personnel on protest duty to record interactions with protesters and detainees.