Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, July 6: After strong warning by the Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha to the top brass of the Police in Srinagar’s Police Golf Course last month as some people failed to stand up when the national anthem was played during a police event, action has been taken against 12 people.
Twelve people were “bound down” for not standing up during the national anthem played during the closing ceremony of the ‘Pedal for Peace’ cycling event, organised by Jammu and Kashmir Police, on June 25 at Police Golf Course.
Sinha who was chief guest on the occasion expressed unhappiness and told the police chief that such disrespect to the national anthem won’t be tolerated. The police took a strong note of the “disrespect” to the national anthem and launched an inquiry into the alleged infraction.
An official said that Departmental action has also been initiated against the police music band for failing to ensure everyone stood up before the anthem was played.
The 12 people were “bound down” under the CrPC Sections 107 and 151 – which grant police the power to arrest or detain a person or ask him or her to sign a bond in anticipation of a crime.
“There is an unverified news doing round that 14 policemen/persons have been arrested /suspended for disrespecting national anthem. It is clarified that the news is completely false, rather 12 persons have been generally bound down for good behaviour under Sections 107/151 of CrPC,” Srinagar Police said on Twitter.
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