Meghalaya cop trainer suspended for ‘urine therapy’

Two police constables in Meghalaya were forced to drink the urine of their fellow trainees by their instructor as punishment following a minor scuffle in the camp. The Meghalaya police has suspended the instructor. The incident happened on August 5 at the 2nd Meghalaya Police Battalion in West Garo Hills district’s Tura town. Battalion officials said instructor P Borah had asked trainees A Shiangshai and T Lyttan to drink urine following an allegedly drunken brawl with three other trainees. The ‘punishment’ followed a complaint by the mess commander. “A departmental inquiry was ordered after the five trainee constables gave their statements. The inquiry report, expected soon, will decide the next course of action, ,” Meghalaya director general of police N Ramachandran told HT.