Bihar, June 28 -- A Sub Inspector in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district brandished a sword during a Muharram procession on Friday, June 26, and was served a show-cause notice over it. Another cop, Circle Officer Anuj Chaudhary from Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal had been involved in a similar incident last year, wielding a mace during a Gada Yatra procession, but allegedly did not face any departmental action.

A video of SI Mustakim Khan, attached to Kanti Police Station, went viral on social media, after which Muzaffarpur Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Kantesh Kumar Mishra told PTI that the officer has been sent to the police lines.

However, according to a Clarion report, when Chaudhary's video of wielding the mace (gada) went viral in Janua...