"Empowerment" vs "Indiscipline": "Lady Singham" Faces Flak For Firing AK-47 During Dussehra Event

Thursday, 22 October 2026Newsdesk

A traditional 'Shastra Puja' (weapon worship) ritual was performed at the Police Lines in Rajnandgaon city on Tuesday on the occasion of Vijayadashami.

New Delhi 22 October 2026

As per news report of NDTV,Clad in a blue saree with the pallu (the loose end of the saree) tucked around her waist, she holds an AK-47 assault rifle. She looks at the weapon, moves the safety selector down from "safe" to "fire", and pulls the charging handle. She then fires multiple rounds into the air. She is IPS officer Ankita Sharma, known as "Lady Singham", who was seen firing an AK-47 during a Dussehra event in Chhattisgarh.

Source - NDTV