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Last updated: June 10, 2023, 5:52 PM IST
Subsequently, the inspector was reportedly sacked from duty and reassigned to the control room, according to India Today. (representative image/PTI)
The ritual included smashing a pumpkin more than once on the road and praying around it. This was done on the road near Vanagaram and Maduravoyal, where it has been known for many accidents.
To “ward off evil” on an accident-prone road in Tamil Nadu, a Chennai traffic police constable made a trans person puja By smashing pumpkins and lemons to the ground.
A Special Sub Inspector (SSI) with Greater Chennai Traffic Police (GCTP) is seen fetching a trans person from the police van, standing nearby while performing the full rituals.
The ritual included smashing a pumpkin more than once on the road and praying around it. This was done on the road near Vanagaram and Maduravoyal, where many accidents have been known.
Subsequently, the inspector was reportedly removed from duty and reinstated in the control room for the time being India today.
Additional Commissioner of Police (Traffic) Kapil Kumar Saratkar responded to the incident, and said that while it was “well-intentioned” it was “an entirely avoidable act by an officer whose personal faith had been exaggerated”.
Saratkar said that GCTP only believes in “rational and scientific analysis and study of the causes of accidents and their remedy”. India today mentioned.
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