NE NEWS SERVICE
BHOPAL, MAY 24
Two policemen in Madhya Pradesh’s Chhindwara district were shunted out on Saturday after a video in which they are purportedly seen thrashing a man went viral on social media.
Netizens including the leading lawyer and activist Prashant Bhushan in his twitter handle said `these police officers must not be merely be dismissed and be jailed immediately, they also need the same treatment’.
Unwatchable! I am not given to violence, but seeing how brutally these cops are thrashing this man, these police officers must not merely be dismissed & be jailed immediately, they also need the same treatment. https://t.co/o9yqB6NQT7
— Prashant Bhushan (@pbhushan1) May 23, 2020
The incident was said to have occurred some days back at Pipla Naryanwar village under Lodhikheda police station area.
“It seems a drunk man was creating ruckus and the two policemen used force against him,” Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Shashank Garg said.
After the video came to light, head constable Krishna Dongre and constable Ashish were “line-attached” (taken off field duty) on Saturday, he said.
A sub divisional officer of police (SDOP) would be conducting an inquiry, on the basis of which further action would be taken, he said.