Here’s a crackdown with a difference. Policemen in Uttar Pradesh have been told in no uncertain terms that Bollywood-style uniforms are out as is chatting on social networking sites like Facebook or browsing the worldwide web as these are “unbecoming” for the men in khaki.
It started from the city of Taj Mahal, Agra, where two constables were suspended last month for dressing up not like real but “reel” cops. The top hierarchy has asked district police chiefs to “take to task” policemen wearing skin tight clothes and aping the film stars – mainly Salman Khan as Chulbul Pandey in the smash hit “Dabangg” and Baji Rao Singham of the box office hit “Singham Returns” – with their shades dangling on their backs from with the collar.
“Yes, it is true that the senior police officers have taken a grim view on the fact that many policemen were dressed like silver screen cops and were not following the rules and regulations prescribed for the uniforms,” Inspector General of Police (Law and Order) A. Satish Ganesh told IANS, adding that a meeting of senior range and zonal officers was held recently where it was noted that many policemen were not adhering to the dress code as prescribed in the rules.
