Itahari. It is surprising to hear that you are not allowed to enter the police office without wearing shoes. No need to be surprised that a similar incident has been made public in the Kosi Province Police Office. That also did not happen to the general public. Such an incident happened to the journalist who informed the people day and night. A journalist who reached the Kosi State Police Office in Biratnagar on Wednesday to collect news was not allowed to enter the office because he was not wearing shoes.
There was a controversy for some time when journalist Jitendra Thakur was not allowed to enter the Koshi police office because he was wearing slippers. Journalist Thakur, who arrived without shoes, was stopped from entering the office by the police saying the above order. What happened to the general public after this kind of behavior was done to journalists by the police office, which is considered to be the first gate of justice? Even if you go to register a case at the police office, you have to wear shoes, otherwise the case will not be registered? If the accused or the accused have to be caught, they should be wearing shoes, otherwise they will not be arrested? Kosi police are under siege with such questions.
The Kosi police is being widely criticized for this incident on the journalist. At 1 pm on Wednesday, Thakur reached the office with his colleague Uttam Pokharel for news gathering. They had reached there to get information about the political crisis in Bangladesh and the impact of violence on Nepal.
The security guard at the main gate stopped Thakur from entering because he was wearing slippers. Thakur said that earlier, the police would take them inside after noting their names, addresses and phone numbers. However, this time, he said, there is an instruction that people wearing slippers are not allowed to enter. After a brief argument, he was allowed in only after another policeman helped him.
According to the police chief, DIG Chandrakuver Khapung, there is an instruction that those who do not wear shoes cannot enter. According to the police, those who come wearing vests, half pants and slippers have been asked to stop. Meanwhile, Koshi police spokesperson SSP Bhim Dahal said that this rule is not applicable to everyone. He said that only those people who entered the office after consuming heavy alcohol were told that they were in a bad state, but if they did not understand, they would have problems.
This problem is not limited to Koshi region. Common people wearing slippers are also not allowed to enter the Provincial Assembly Secretariat. Provincial assembly members attend meetings wearing slippers, but shoes are mandatory for others. Earlier, the entry of slippers was banned in the offices of the Chief Minister and the Council of Ministers of Koshi, but this was removed after protests.
