Fearless Gujarat cop confronts health minister's son on camera; punished then transferred

son of a Gujarat minister and his two friends were arrested on Sunday for allegedly violating lockdown and night curfew orders in Surat. arrests came a day after audio clips of a heated exchange of Prakash Kanani, son of Varachha Ro MLA and Minister of State for Health Kumar Kanani, and his friends with woman constable Sunita Yav, who tried to stop m, surfaced on social media.

'What if you are a minister?'

Congress National Convener Saral Patel shared video on Twitter in which woman constable can be seen having a conversation with Gujarat MLA Kanani. She asked him in Gujarati, "So what if you are a minister, do rules don't apply to you ?". She also asked, "You are Health Minister, your kin should be wearing a mask and following rules more stringently." state Health Minister can be heard saying to Yav that police can take action if y want to.

Saral Patel claimed that after incident, officer was pulled up by her senior at behest of Minister and she resigned. "We need more such people in our Police force," he said.

'Make you stand at same place for 365 days'

Prakash Kanani and two of his friends were arrested under IPC Sections 188 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant), 269, 270 (negligent and malignant act likely to spre infection of disease dangerous to life), and 144 (abettor present when offence committed), Assistant Commissioner of Police, A-Division, C K Patel said.

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y were later released on bail, he ded. Surat Commissioner of Police R B Brahmbhatt on Saturday ordered an inquiry into incident after constable alleged that she was threatened by some men when she stopped m during night curfew. Yav stopped Prakash Kanani's friends around 10.30 pm on Wednesday during night curfew for allegedly violating lockdown orders in force to contain spre of Coronavirus.

According to PTI, in few of or audio clips, men are heard telling constable that y h power to "make you stand at same place for 365 days". constable shouts back that she is t ir slave or a servant of ir fars that y can make her stand re for 365 days. Meanwhile, CK Patel said Yav has gone on sick leave and an inquiry is underway into incident.

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(With PTI inputs)