The woman police officer, Shreshtha Thakur, who stood up against local BJP leaders and sent five of them to jail for creating obstacles in discharging government duties, was transferred to Bahraich on Saturday. Thakur had hit the headlines after a video of surfaced of her bravely standing against the Bharatiya Janta Party workers in Uttar Pradesh.
The former police officer of Syana circle in district Bulandshahar, was transferred a week after the incident following a meeting of a delegation of the party’s 11 MLAs and MP with the chief minister over the issue. The local leaders had linked it with their pride and pressed the high command to initiate action against Thakur.
Also, Mukesh Bhardwaj, the party city president, made no bones in admitting that Thakur’s transfer was essential to keeping intact the pride of party workers and leaders. He also charged the cop with using objectionable language against CM Yogi Adityanath and other party leaders.
On June 22, Thakur was checking vehicles with her team in Syaba when she stopped a person driving a motorbike without a helmet and slapped him with a fine of Rs 200 on him. The man introduced himself as BJP leader Pramod Kumar — his wife is a member of jila panchayat in Bulandshahar. Following an agreement between Kumar and Thakur, Kumar called other BJP leaders who arrived and objected to Thakur’s action. When other BJP leaders got to know about the incident, they created a ruckus, claiming that their party leaders were being specifically targetted. This is when Thakur intervened and stood tall and mighty against the raging party workers.
