Of the allotted strength of 111 personnel, this station has only 22. Mahendra Pal Singh, the Badgaon Station Officer Mahendra Pal Singh, the Badgaon Station Officer“If my police station had even half of the sanctioned strength, this incident could have been averted… On Friday, it was six of us versus over 2,000 people,” said Singh. “It is true that if the strength of the police force was more, the incident could have been averted. DIG (Saharanpur) Jitendra Shahi said the transfer of Singh was not because he had “not acted”. “When I reached the village, I told the Thakurs to leave on their bikes without playing any music.

Source: Indian Express May 08, 2017 00:13 UTC