Constable releases 3rd video alleging corruption in Lucknow Commissionerate; seeks justice from Yogi

A constable posted in the Lucknow Police Commissionerate on Sunday released a third video demanding an independent probe into alleged corruption within the commissionerate, appealing to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath for justice. Police have trashed his claims, including harassment by department staff, as ''false and baseless''. Constable Sunil Kumar Shukla had earlier released videos accusing senior officers of running a ''corrupt feudal system'' within the commissionerate. In the latest video, Shukla alleged that policemen were sent to his house late at night after he made the allegations to harass him and his family. Accusing department staff of behaving arbitrarily, Shukla questioned the police action against him and said, ''Am I a criminal or a Naxalite that I am being treated in this manner?'' In the video, Shukla claimed that he drew inspiration from Bhagat Singh and asserted that he cannot be bogged down mentally. ''You can either get me killed to silence my voice or form a special committee on the lines of the Home Guard department to eliminate corruption, exploitation and irregularities within the police force,'' Shukla said. The controversy was triggered after Shukla's earlier videos went viral on social media, in which he alleged that constables and head constables in the commissionerate were forced to pay around Rs 2,000 every month to secure assignments, which was passed up the chain of command to senior IPS officers. Shukla, a science graduate from the University of Allahabad who joined the force in 2015, is currently on earned leave. Reacting to the latest video, the Lucknow Police Commissionerate issued a statement rejecting claims of any raid or mistreatment of Shukla's family. The allegations circulating on social media were ''untrue and baseless'', it said. According to the statement, notices were sent to Shukla via email and WhatsApp, asking him to appear before an inquiry committee formed to probe his charges. Police said a team visited his residence only to serve the notice as per the established procedure, and that he was being given full opportunity to present his side before the committee. Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav, meanwhile, has extended support to the constable through a post on X, where he shared Shukla's video and described him as a ''freedom fighter''. Yadav said the constable represented the struggle of the PDA community against corruption, oppression and exploitation by those in power. PDA is a political acronym coined by Yadav to represent a coalition of 'Pichde' (backward), Dalit, and 'Alpashankhak' (minority) in Uttar Pradesh.

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