‘Officer’s choice of words incorrect, but strictness was needed to maintain order’: Haryana CM

Monday, 30 August 2021Newsdesk

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, while reacting to IAS officer Ayush Sinha’s controversial instructions to the cops posted in Karnal to lathicharge protesting farmers if anyone breached the security cordon, said “although the officer’s choice of words was not correct, strictness had to be maintained to ensure law and order situation there was kept under check”.

New Delhi, 30 August 2021

As per news report of The Indian Express, in a video clip that did the rounds of social media around the time police cracked down on farmers, Sinha is heard instructing a group of policemen: “Utha utha ke maarna peeche sabko (hit them hard)… We shall not allow this cordon to be breached. We have enough force available. We haven’t slept for the past two days. But you have come here after taking some sleep… Mere paas ek bhi banda nikal ke nahi aana chahiye. Agar aaye toh sar foota hua hona chahiye uska. Clear hai aapko (No one should break the cordon and reach me. If someone does, make sure he has a broken head. Hope this is clear).”

Source -The Indian Express