Video Of Traffic Cop Allegedly Accepting Bribe Has The Internet Asking So Many Questions
In a video that has reignited the decades-old conversation about the system in India works, a recently uploaded video shows a traffic cop at Sai chowk in Pimpri, Maharashtra, allegedly accepting a bribe.
In a video that has reignited the decades-old conversation about the system in India works, a recently uploaded video shows a traffic cop at Sai chowk in Pimpri, Maharashtra, allegedly accepting a bribe.
Going by the video, the incident unfolded next to a road with heavy traffic. Other cops can be seen standing close-by too.
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The video opens with two women sitting on a scooter. While the driver doesn't get off, the other woman does. She walks up to the cop who then tells her to move to the side of the road. It seems like words were exchanged before the cop turned away from the woman she had stopped. In the very next scene the woman drops folded notes in the cop's back pocket.
All the while the men recording the video from afar can be heard giving comments and even laughing.
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Watch the video below:
'Mera Bharat mahaan,' wrote one of the 10,200 viewers of the video. 'Direct pocket pay,' wrote another. According to a Times Now report, the cop in the video is Swati Sonnar. An inquiry has been launched.No Google pay, No Phone pe, No UPI...... Direct Pocket pay ???
¡ª Jaane bhi do Yaro (@mat_jane_de_yar) December 18, 2020
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"We received the video on social media. It was filmed at Sai Chowk. Our departmental inquiry will figure out what happened at the spot. We have suspended the constable from service," DCP Pimpri-Chinchwad headquarters Sudhir Hiremath was quoted as saying by Mumbai Mirror.
"This gives out a clear message to those cops who have been indulging in such practices while performing their duties."
Here's how other users reacted online:
#1
How happy were the one's who are recording the video?
¡ª Praveen Yadav (@PraveebY) December 19, 2020
#2
Ideally she should be terminated and jailed for corruption but don't worry, no one in our country had the moral uprightness to convict her. She'll be transferred... That's it. Not to mention, the bribe giver should be convicted too.
¡ª John Manoah (@johnmanoahs) December 18, 2020
#3
Pocket pay : Kal.bhi , aaj bhi , Kal bhi .......
¡ª Anish 99 (@Anish992) December 19, 2020
Always effective , though there is no cash back or any exciting award but works like magic.
On moment you are on the wrong side and the very next ,you are on the right side .
Just like that...
No paper work needed.
#4
Ever wondered why there are very few Traffic police to manage traffic, but you will find hordes of them on such ¡°collection drive¡±
¡ª Vivek (@_vksingh_) December 18, 2020
#5
This is happened every day. Nothing new for us. Problem not in system, we have problem to carry all legal things with us, when we are ready to break the rules then why we are expecting from cops.
¡ª ameya phatak (@ameyaphatak3) December 19, 2020
KHUD KI SOCH BADLO, DESH KHUD BADLE GA
#6
For sure she believes in Social Distancing rules.
¡ª Pratik (@Pratik78689022) December 19, 2020
No hand touch to prevent spreading of corona virus, she should be awarded with some medal being a Corona Warrior.
#7
B 2 B....Peer 2 Peer.... Pocket 2 Pocket....same as #PMCaresFund !
¡ª Ranaji Ganguly¡ã (@ranajig) December 18, 2020
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