12/07/2020
Sunita Yadav, a police constable in Surat, resigned from her post when departmental action was initiated against her following her altercation with a BJP minister's son.
Yadav stopped five people, friends of Prakash Kanani, the son of Gujarat minister of state health and family welfare, Kishor Kanani. The boys were violating curfew and not wearing masks as well.
The incident took place at around 10.30 pm on Wednesday night, India Today reported. A video of Yadav’s argument with two people, allegedly from the incident, has been widely circulated on social media. In the video, she can be seen questioning them for travelling in an MLA's car, while they threaten her.
According to the Business Standard, an audio clip of the incident has the men threatening her with their power, saying "we could make you stand at the same place for 365 days".
The constable shouts back that she is not their slave or a servant of their fathers that they can make her stand there for 365 days.
Following the argument, Yadav reportedly called an inspector at the Varachha police, but was asked to leave the spot, the report added.
The audio clip has since gone viral, and an enquiry has been launched into the matter. While a departmental inquiry has been launched into her, no action has been initiated against the offenders, prompting Yadav to resign.
Meanwhile, Minister Kanani claimed that his son was on his way to the civil hospital as his father-in-law was undergoing COVID 19 treatment, and was critical when he was stopped by the constable.
"He requested her to let him go. She argued why the vehicle had 'MLA' written on it. He said it was his father's vehicle. She asked why he was in my vehicle. I believe she should have tried to understand what my son was saying. I believe both the sides should have tried to understand each other better," the minister said.