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Row over bhojpuri songs at gym: 3 Jharkhand cops suspended over detention of man injured in clash

The Indian Express·Shubham Tigga·25 days ago
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Three police personnel have been suspended and Pandey, who was on the run, was arrested along with another person Wednesday. Further probe is underway,” said Bokaro SP Nathu Singh Meena. A dispute over the choice of songs played at a gym in Jharkhand’s Bokaro escalated into a clash between people of two communities earlier this month, and ended up in two men getting injured and one of them “being assaulted” in the lock-up. Jharkhand police have suspended three personnel from the police station concerned for “negligence”. Two men have been arrested so far. The series of events began on May 1 when Harsh Pandey (19) was allegedly attacked by a group of youths while he was leaving a gym. Pandey released videos on social media, alleging that a day earlier, he had a verbal altercation with some gym members over songs played on the premises. “The next day, when I was working out alone at the gym and was playing my songs, they came and stopped the music.…

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