Delhi Police constable suspended for flaunting firearms in BRICS Summit videos
A Delhi Police constable was removed from BRICS Summit duty and suspended after Instagram videos showed him posing with firearms at his security post.
A Delhi Police constable assigned to security arrangements for the BRICS Summit in the national capital has been suspended after videos he posted on Instagram showed him handling firearms at his deployment site.
The constable, identified as Deepak Bangar, had been uploading clips from his security post over several days, drawing criticism from social media users. The videos were posted from an Instagram account that has since been blocked. The content came to the notice of the police, who launched an investigation.
In one clip, Bangar is seen in civilian clothes wearing his BRICS Summit identity card while holding a service pistol, with the hotel premises and its surroundings visible in the background. Another video shows him looking through the scope of a sniper rifle from a terrace, with several nearby VVIP structures in view.
The posts triggered a debate online, with users questioning how such footage could be recorded and shared during a sensitive security operation.
Following the controversy, Delhi Police removed Bangar from his summit duty and suspended him with immediate effect. He was later sent back to the northwest district. A senior officer said a departmental inquiry has been ordered to establish the circumstances in which the videos were recorded and uploaded, and that further disciplinary proceedings will follow as per rules.
Officers said Bangar had earlier been deployed at and around five-star hotels and other key locations linked to guests attending the summit.
Separately, Delhi Police recovered a bag belonging to a South African delegate that contained around ₹3 lakh in Indian and US currency, after it was left behind in a cab. The bag was traced and returned within 35 minutes of the police receiving information about its disappearance, just before the delegate's scheduled departure.
The delegate had visited a mall in Gurugram and returned to a hotel in central Delhi when he realised the bag was missing. Information about the missing bag was received at 7.10 pm, after which police formed teams to trace the cab he had travelled in, Deputy Commissioner of Police (New Delhi) Sachin Sharma said.