ASI in Birbhum calls senior officer ‘criminal’ over attack on Trinamul MP Shatabdi Roy’s car

THE PUBLIC OUTBURST IS UNPRECEDENTED, AND ALTHOUGH NO OFFICIAL RESPONSE HAS BEEN ISSUED, SOURCES INDICATE THE ASI MAY FACE A SHOW-CAUSE NOTICE.

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An Assistant Sub-Inspector in Bengal’s Birbhum district has triggered a storm within the police force by publicly accusing a senior officer of misconduct and calling him a “criminal” in connection with the recent attack on Trinamul Congress MP Shatabdi Roy’s car.

Assistant Sub-inspector of Suri Police Station Raj Kumar Das, in an audio clip shared on his Facebook account on Friday, openly expressed his anger against Deputy Superintendent of Police (D&T) of Birbhum District Police Kunal Mukherjee. The audio clip has gone viral.