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The Economic Times
The Economic Times

'Even if your uncle is President, challan will be issued': Who is IPS officer Anu Beniwal, the woman behind this viral warning that has the internet applauding?

Sometimes, a single sentence captures public attention more than years of hard work. For IPS officer Anu Beniwal, that moment came during a traffic enforcement drive in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, when she firmly told a traffic violator, “Even if your uncle is the President, the challan will be issued.”

The remark quickly spread across social media, earning praise from people who saw it as a rare example of an officer refusing to bend the rules under pressure. But the viral clip is only one chapter in a much larger story.

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