UP cops beat each other in public

Two police men engaged in a fight after a verbal spat in Lucknow on Wednesday - PTI/Videograb
Two police men engaged in a fight after a verbal spat in Lucknow on Wednesday - PTI/Videograb
Lucknow: Policemen deployed in Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav’s security came to blows with each other at a public function in Lucknow.

Two police personnel, both belonging to the provincial armed constabulary in the CM’s security began an argument over some issue which turned physical and the two could be seen brandishing lathis on each other. The entire sequence of events was captured by TV cameras.


Attack and defence! - PTI photo

The brawl continued for quite some time and other security personnel later intervened and separated the two warring cops who have been identified as Mukul Chandra Yadav and Sunil Dikshit. The reason for the scuffle is not known.

IG R.K. Vishwakarma later told reporters that both the constables had been arrested and an inquiry has been ordered into the incident, after which they would face departmental action.