UP Police Slaps Journalist for Enquiring About Name Badge, Video Goes Viral

Indian police officers are required to wear badges displaying their name and designation while on duty. This practice serves several purposes such as accountability, public trust and identification. So, when a journalist crossed paths with a cop who was not wearing his name badge, he asked about it. What followed next was shocking and unexpected. The cop responded by slapping the journalist and hurling abuses at him.

“Jaunpur: When asked the cop about the nameplate, got a slap on my ear. The case is from Sureri police station area of ​​Jaunpur,” reads the caption to the video shared on X (formerly known as Twitter).

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The video opens to show the journalist asking a cop for the name badge and if he doesn’t have the right to wear one. The cop responds by saying that he has the right to wear it. As the video goes on, the man says, “Nameplate kyun nahi lagaya, aise ham kaise manenge… [“Why aren’t you wearing a nameplate? How are we supposed to trust you like this]?”

The camera then shifts to another cop who displays his name badge. The man once again questions why the first cop isn’t wearing his name badge and asks for an explanation. This is when the cop loses his temper, slaps the journalist, and starts hurling abuses at him.

News18.com cannot independently verify when or where the video was recorded.

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After watching the video, an indivdiual said, “An FIR should be filed against the cop who responded to the journalist’s question by assaulting him.”

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“Does the police have the right to raise their hands?? If this is the attitude of these uninformed people towards a journalist, then what will happen to the general public?? This is a matter to think about. Immediate action should be taken against them. They are not Vishnu avatars who will raise their hands on anyone,” added another.

A third expressed, “Did the journalist’s brother abuse him, for which he was slapped so hard, he was doing his job and this is called interference in work, and if you interfere in the work of the police then what happens, a case should be filed, the journalist brother should get justice and action should be taken against the culprit,” expressed a third.

“Action should be taken against such police officers,” commented a fourth.