Lucknow, August 1: Lucknow Police on Thursday transferred three senior officers and suspended five police personnel, including a Station House Officer in connection with the harassment of a woman near a flooded underpass in Gomtinagar.
Police also arrested 16 people as the video of the incident went viral.
In the viral video, a group of men is seen playing in knee-deep water and running towards a motorcycle that had a woman riding pillion and splashing water on the duo. The woman is seen in the video falling from the bike as men forcibly stop the vehicle and start pulling it.
They have been booked for attempting to outrage the modesty of a woman, rioting and other offences.
It said three senior police officers, including Deputy Commissioner of Police Prabal Pratap Singh, Assistant Deputy Commissioner of Police Amit Kumawat, and Assistant Commissioner of Police Anshu Jain have been removed from their posts.
Five police personnel have also been suspended including SHO of Gomti Nagar police station, Deepak Kumar Pandey; Sub-Inspector Rishi Vivek, the in-charge of the local police outpost; Sub-Inspector Kapil Kumar; and constables Dharamveer and Virendra Kumar.
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