Retired MP cop removed from WhatsApp group after DGP objects to his communal post …

Madhya Pradesh DGP Vivek Johri ordered removal of a retired senior police officer from a WhatsApp group of state IPS officers for posting a message against the Muslim community and refusing to delete it when asked to. Maithili Sharan Gupta, who retired as Special DGP (Police Reform), recently shared a YouTube channel link on the WhatsApp group, IPS MP, that encouraged Hindus to counter Muslims who claimed that their forefathers chose to stay in India during Partition. This was in response to an argument lyricist Javed Akhtar made recently that the forefathers of present day Muslims chose India as their home. Along with the YouTube link, Gupta posted: “Those who voted for Muslim League, instead of going to Pakistan, they stayed back in India. Post-Independence, our black Britishers let them sit on the heads of Hindus. They were given more rights under law and this is the root cause of all problems. They were made education ministers, subsequently they changed your history.” He also asked all group members to subscribe to the YouTube channel. After Gupta posted his message, DGP Johri posted: “Such political/communal post should have no place in this group. Pl delete.” He also asked the group admin…
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