Mistaken identity: Dubai cop gets a thrash from school principal

KT

Dubai,21 Jun 2013: A 21-year-old cop, who was standing on the fence of a Dubai school holding a camera and shooting on the street, didn’t even think what was in store for him would be a beating.

The school principal, who mistook the policeman as a truant student not in uniform, gave him a good thrash.

The young policeman was asked by his boss to take snaps outside schools in Dubai, as part of a study Dubai Police are conducting.
The policeman, who was in civilian attire took his camera and headed for Qusais neighbourhood to do what he was asked. When he reached a school in the area, he discovered that he must climb the outer fence of the campus to see his mission accomplished. He climbed up the small fence and started taking shots, and minutes later he saw the principal standing below, shouting him to come down. The principal also asked two workers of the school to stand behind the fence and catch the ‘student’.

The young policeman did not understand what was happening as the principal beat him up and pinched his ear, asking why he was trying to climb the fence in an attempt to run away.

The principal was insisting on punishing him while the cop tried to convince him that he was a cop and not a student. Though, he explained the teacher why he was there, the principal didn’t believe the ‘boy’, He took the cop to his office after the teachers and students gathered to see what was happening.

The principal asked a teacher to identify this student who claimed to be a cop, and summon his father. The policeman was stunned, but was saved when the watchman of the school told the principal that the ‘boy’ is not a student in this school.

The principal insisted that the student must have run away from another school and came to his campus. The cop told the principal that he would go to his car and bring his ID. The principal asked a teacher to go with him to where he said his ID was inside his vehicle. The cop opened his car and showed the principal his ID.

The principal was shocked when he realised the man was really a cop, and apologised for his mistake. In a happy ending, the cop climbed the fence again to finish his duty, but under the close watch of the principal.