<p><strong>Shajapur: </strong>Additional District Magistrate Manjusha Roy slapped a youth for opening a shop in Madhya Pradesh&rsquo;s Shajapur in violation of the ongoing Covid-19 curfew imposed by the state government to tackle the surge in coronavirus cases.</p> <p>The youth shopkeeper, however, cried foul over the Additional District Magistrate&rsquo;s action and said the shutter of his shop was closed when the incident took place.</p> <p><strong>READ</strong>: <span style="color: #e03e2d;"><strong><a style="color: #e03e2d;" href="https://ift.tt/3vfqAIX" target="_blank" rel="noopener">"FIR On Sonia, Rahul's Directions'': Raman Singh Protests For Being Probed In 'Toolkit' Issue</a></strong></span></p> <p>&ldquo;The shutter was down, still the policemen pulled it up. The ADM slapped me the policeman even hit me with stick,&rdquo; ANI quoted the shopkeeper as saying.</p> <p>[tw]https://twitter.com/ani/status/1396761442267762689?s=24[/tw]</p> <p>The video of the incident, which took place during the sealing of shops as part of following the Covid-19 lockdown guidelines, has gone viral on social media with netizens questioning the extent of authorities using their power to impose protocol during the pandemic.</p> <p>Take note of the incident, Madhya Pradesh Education Minister Inder Singh Parmar said action will be taken against the Additional District Magistrate if needed.</p> <p>&ldquo;I got information about the incident. ADM has not behaved properly. If needed, will take action against the officer,&rdquo; said Parmar.</p> <p>This comes as several other incidents too have been reported in recent weeks in other states with the people complaining about the administration&rsquo;s rigid attitude while ensuring the Covid protocols are followed during the pandemic.</p>

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