{"id":41354,"date":"2018-08-20T01:34:03","date_gmt":"2018-08-19T20:04:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=41354"},"modified":"2018-08-20T01:34:03","modified_gmt":"2018-08-19T20:04:03","slug":"traffic-cop-in-viral-video-suspended","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2018\/08\/20\/traffic-cop-in-viral-video-suspended\/","title":{"rendered":"Traffic cop in viral video suspended"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<strong>Staff Reporter<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>ITANAGAR, Aug 19:<\/strong> The police department has taken action over the video circulating on social media, showing a senior traffic constable taking what is suspected to be bribe from a driver.<br \/>\nTaking serious note of the incident, the department has placed the constable under suspension.<br \/>\nSuperintendent of Police M Harsha Vardhan informed that the constable has been identified and has been placed under suspension. A departmental inquiry has also been initiated against him.<br \/>\n&#8220;For a fair inquiry, a suspension and departmental inquiry has been initiated,&#8221; the SP said.<br \/>\nReportedly, the constable claimed that a challan (ticket) was issued for the cash that he received. The SP said the claim would be verified during departmental inquiry.<br \/>\n&#8220;His action should be seen as an exception and should not be used as a pretext to smear the hard work done by traffic police personnel and traffic wardens every day, even in adverse conditions,&#8221; the SP added.<br \/>\nA video has been circulating on social media, in which the constable is seen engaging in a brief conversation with the driver of a commercial vehicle. The constable makes a call, asking for the challan book, but immediately pockets the cash offered by the driver, and the driver is handed his documents back without any receipt or challan from the constable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Staff Reporter ITANAGAR, Aug 19: The police department has taken action over the video circulating on social media, showing a senior traffic constable taking what is suspected to be bribe from a driver. Taking serious note of the incident, the department has placed the constable under suspension. Superintendent of Police M Harsha Vardhan informed that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-41354","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41354","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41354"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41354\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}