Kanwar volunteers accuse three cops of misbehaviour at pilgrim camp in Meerut

Meerut: Some women volunteers have accused three policemen of indecent behaviour at a kanwar seva camp on the Ganga Canal bridge in Sardhana area, an officer said on Sunday.

He however denied any such incident happened, prima facie.

According to the complainants, a constable and two PAC jawans misbehaved with them late Saturday evening. The three also made a video on their mobile and verbally abused them, it was alleged.

The volunteers at the camp caught the three and handed them over to officers at a nearby police post.

They alleged that the police post in-charge let the three men leave without any legal action.

Angry people sat on a dharna in the police post's premises and demanded the suspension of the culprits, leading to intervention of officials of the tehsil administration.

Superintendent of Police (Rural) of Meerut Rakesh Kumar Mishra in a statement said in their examination of the CCTV footage was retrieved from the spot, no objectionable activity was revealed.

The matter is being investigated all the same, he said.