"Duty Over Entitlement": Himachal Police Chief After Cops Fight In Public

The advisory comes after a spat between police officers outside Kullu airport where CM Jai Ram Thakur came to receive Union Minister Nitin Gadkari.

Days after senior police officers in Himachal Pradesh slapped and kicked each other in public, Director General of Police (DGP) Sanjay Kundu has issued a stern advisory to police officers in the state, asking them to remember that "power is always attached to a position and never a person". The DGP has said that the image of Himachal police "has taken a beating" due to the incident. "It is also obvious that it has undone the cumulative good work by the HP police during the last one year. Not only has the incident become viral on social media, but it has also elicited a negative and highly uncharitable public response," he has said. The advisory comes days after senior police officers were caught in an ugly spat outside the Bhuntar airport in Kullu where Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur came to receive Union Minister Nitin Gadkari. During an altercation, Kullu Police Superintendent Gaurav Singh slapped Brijesh Sood, Assistant Superintendent of Police (CM Security). Balwant Singh, Personal Security Officer to the Chief Minister, had then kicked the Police Superintendent. Both Gaurav Singh and Balwant Singh have been placed under suspension and an inquiry is underway.