Kangpokpi ASI suspended
Source: The Sangai Express
Senapati, August 17 2015:
One police official posted at Kangpokpi has been placed under suspension today after Additional DC Sadar Hills unfurled the National Flag upside down on the occasion of India's 69th Independence Day celebration at Brig Thomas ground, Kangpokpi, our correspondent reports.
Superintendent of Police, Senapati K Kabib placed Assistant Sub Inspector (ASI) Jatra Rao of Kangpokpi Police under suspension for negligence following the faux pas.
Additional DC Sadar Hills DK Thangboi was chagrined when the tricolour was unfurled upside down at a district level celebration of Independence Day.
Civil society organizations in Sadar Hills have blamed authorities concerned for the faux pas and expressed unhappiness over their negligence.