NEW DELHI – Indian Police officer has threatened to cut the tongues of theabusive politicians and members of Assemblies.
A police inspector in Andhra Pradesh threatened to cut tongues of electedrepresentatives if they spoke in a manner hurting the morale of the force,targeting a ruling TDP MP, who hit back daring him and lodging a complaint.
“We have so far observed restraint. Henceforth, if anybody talks againstthe police beyond the limits we will not tolerate. We will cut theirtongues. Be careful,” Inspector Madhav of Kadiri in Anantapuramu districtwarned at a press conference Friday.
In a sharp reaction, MP J C Diwakar Reddy dared the inspector to tell whereshould he come to get his tongue cut. He later filed a complaint againstthe inspector but no FIR has been registered so far, according to TadipatriSub-Divisional Police Officer Vijaya Kumar.