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UP PAC Jawan Exposes Horrific Conditions: 'Food Even Dogs Wouldn't Eat, Forced to Clean Toilets'
- •Devendra Gupta, a PAC jawan in Barabanki, shared a video on social media detailing the plight of himself and his colleagues.
- •Gupta stated they are housed in uninhabitable conditions, given food even dogs wouldn't eat, and forced to clean toilets.
- •He appealed to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to address the constables' suffering and reform the corrupt system.
- •Devendra alleged that officers are embezzling funds, leading to constables having to clean toilets themselves.
- •He described dilapidated barracks infested with mosquitoes, rats, cats, and snakes, compromising their safety and belongings.
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Devendra Gupta alleged that PAC jawans are housed in dilapidated, stable-like buildings where animals would not stay, and are provided with inedible food and forced to clean toilets themselves, while facing hazardous conditions like lack of clean water, electricity, and the presence of poisonous snakes and rats.
On September 22, Devendra Gupta released a 6-minute and 42-second video on social media, where he spent nearly six minutes detailing his and his colleagues' plights and included a Mahabharata episode before appealing directly to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath for systemic reforms.
Jawans are deployed away from headquarters for 9 to 10 months a year to district duties where they stay in severely dilapidated structures resembling buffalo stables, enduring mosquito bites, stray animals, poisonous snakes entering rooms, and complete lack of proper living arrangements.
