Madhya Pradesh police recruitment row: Cops' caste label marked on chest

In Madhya Pradesh police recruitment, newly recruited candidates appearing for the post of police constable were allegedly labelled for SC, ST and OBC casts on their chest during medical examination

An incident of caste profiling in the Madhya Pradesh police recruitment exercise has kicked up a storm, prompting a widespread outcry. As part of a police recruitment drive in the poll-bound state, newly recruited candidates appearing for the post of police constable were allegedly labelled for their respective castes on their chests during medical examination in a Dhar district government hospital. In what comes across as a bizarre way to identify recruits on the basis of their castes, markings of ‘SC (Scheduled Caste)’, ‘ST (Scheduled Tribe)’ and ‘OBC (Other Backward Classes)’ were spotted on their chests during the examination. However, the