Raipur, Oct 22: The Chhattisgarh police headquarters on Thursday issued a show-cause notice to awoman IPS officer after a video showing her firing an AK-47 rifle into the air during Dussehra situals in Rajnandgaon went viral.
Rajnandgaon Superintendent of Police (SP) Ankita Sharma, fired several rounds from an AK-47 after the weapon-worship ritual.
Sharma had fired the rifle after the traditional 'Shastra Puja' at Police Lines on October 20 on the occasion of Vijayadashami, said Rajnangaon Range Inspector General of Police Ajay Yadav.
The police headquarters took serious cognisance of the matter on finding the act not in accordance with police weapon-handling rules and has sought an explanation from Sharma, Yadav added.
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