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Bihar: Arrogant official loses cool, forces homeguard to to do sit-ups for enforcing lockdown rules

PATNA: In yet another case of frontline Covid-19 warriors facing harassment, a village chowkidar was made to do around 50 sit-ups after he, as part of his duty, halted the vehicle of district agriculture officer (DAO) and asked him to show pass for moving around in Bihar ’s Araria district Taking the matter seriously, Bihar DGP Gupteshwar Pandey on Tuesday spoke to Araria SP Ms Dhurat Sayali Savalaram and sought a report from her on the incident.The incident, whose video has now gone viral on the social media, took place near Surjapur Mor under Araria police station on Monday when the village chowkidar Ganesh Lal Tatma alias Gonu Tatma halted the vehicle of the DAO Manoj Kumar and requested him to show his pass for moving on the road.This infuriated the officer who not only scolded the chowkidar but also asked him to do at least 50 sit-ups while holding his ears.A police officer was also being seen in the video helping the DAO to punish the chowkidar. Initially, chowkidar begged for pardon. But the DAO and police officers forced him to do 50 sit-ups. One of their colleagues also made video of the incident on his mobile phone.State’s agriculture minister Prem Kumar too has asked his departmental head to seek an explanation from the DAO and take appropriate action.