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Sandeep Lamba Additional DCP removed from Jantar Mantar
New Delhi: Sandeep Lamba, Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police, has been removed from the Jantar Mantar protest site after his video of slapping a woman during CJP’s parliament march. The march was organised on 20th July 26 for demanding the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan.
Ex-TMC MP Saket Gokhale stated in a post that he has also filed a police complaint against Sandeep Lamba. He stated in the post that, "Yesterday, in the Delhi High Court, the Government's answer to the petitions on police brutality was that nobody had approached the police for an FIR. So today I filed a police complaint."
Lamba’s name was mentioned during a hearing in the Delhi High Court on Wednesday on a plea alleging excessive use of force against CJP protesters.
Senior advocate Gopal Sankaranarayanan, who appeared for the petitioners, told the court that, “Additional DCP Sandeep Lamba is seen slapping a woman who is doing nothing. She is moving. I can show the video right now. Let us not be scared to name our thugs in uniform when they deserve to be named. He should be summoned here, and he should be asked to be accountable.”
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The Delhi High Court has issued notice on the PILs by Umesh Kumar and Anshul Kumar to the police, the central government, NHRC. The court has given four weeks to the authorities to file their counter affidavits. The court has also ordered the authorities to preserve all relevant documents in relation to the police action, consisting of CCTV footage and any videography.
