Srinagar: Basant Rath, the IGP, traffic on Thursday said that he had made a mistake by posting a picture in which a police vehicle was being towed away by a traffic department’s crane.
Rath had posted the picture online with a tag saying, “Equality before law.”
However, in a tweet, the officer clarified that it was a mistake and he should have clarified the infromation before posting it.
His clarification came after the Traffic Department said that they didn’t tow any cop car however they had arranged a crane for them after a technical snag.
Friends, this was a mistake. My mistake. I should have verified the information that was fed to me. The police station vehicle was not challaned. And I’m not going to delete any of my tweets. I’m accountable. I’ll always be accountable. https://t.co/ApliyJYqOp
— Basant (@KangriCarrier) March 22, 2018
Rath’s post went viral and people praised the officer for the ‘act’.