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10-km run for 'latecomers': District police chief's punishment leaves officers puffing
The New Indian Express Kochi
|July 20, 2025
IN an unprecedented display of disciplinary action, police officers, including women, who arrived late to a monthly crime conference attended by senior officers at the rural police headquarters, were handed an unusual punishment: to run 10km and submit digital evidence of their run, including screenshots, to the district police chief.
One officer, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told TNIE: "I was 30 minutes late due to exhaustion from the previous night's duty, compounded by a traffic block that further delayed my journey." Despite the challenging circumstances, the officer was still required to complete the punitive run and provide proof.
This story is from the July 20, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Kochi.
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