Cuttack police officer pins theft accused with foot, SP orders DA

CUTTACK: Days after photographs of a police officer of Cuttack district pinning a youth to ground with his foot went viral, SP Prateek Singh on Sunday recommended departmental proceedings against him in connection with the incident.

The officer in question, Priyadarshan Sethi, who served as Baideswar police station inspector-in-charge (IIC) has been transferred to the SP office.

The photos which went viral showed Sethi pinning a youth to the ground at Baideswar T Bridge with his foot on his back while speaking to someone over phone.

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