Controversial Meerut SSP Avinash Pandey Removed After ‘Brutal Assault’ on Two Local Leaders at His Cabin; Victim Claim He Could Lose Vision
Meerut SSP Avinash Pandey was attached to Lucknow headquarters amid allegations of custodial assault by farmer leader Digvijay Bhati and Mohit Jatav. The Uttar Pradesh government attached Meerut Senior Superintendent of Police Avinash Pandey to the Lucknow state headquarters late Thursday night with immediate effect. The sudden administrative action came hours after an SP functionary and local farmer leader alleged that Avinash Pandey and police personnel brutally assaulted him and another individual inside the officer’s cabin and in police custody. As per reports, the controversy erupted when a video of Digvijay Bhati, president of the BR Ambedkar faction of the Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU), began circulating widely on social media. Bhati appeared in the clip with a heavily swollen left eye and visible bruises across his body. He claimed the injuries resulted from a severe beating by Avinash Pandey inside an annexe, followed by an attack by Special Operations Group (SOG) personnel...