Faridabad Police Officials Thrash Woman; Action Taken Against Five Personnel After Video Goes Viral
Two head constables associated with Haryana police have been suspended and services of three special police officers (SPOs) terminated with immediate effect after footage showing them beating a woman with belt viral on social media on Monday.
Faridabad, May 28: Two head constables associated with Haryana police have been suspended and services of three special police officers (SPOs) terminated with immediate effect after footage showing them beating a woman with a belt went viral on social media on Monday. A First Information Report (FIR) has been lodged in this regard at Faridabad police station. Delhi Police Beats Father And Son For Refusing to Pay Fine, All Six Suspended.
According to cops, the episode took place in October last year at a park that falls under the jurisdiction of Adarsh Nagar police station and was not reported by the victim. The clip shows the woman, wearing a sari, in a park with three men- one in police uniform and the other two in plain clothes- confronting her. Police Constable Wants to Beat Wife, Sends Application to SP in Raigad, Chhattisgarh!
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In the 4 minutes 24-second clip, the cop in uniform asks the woman for a contact number and she answers his question, another cop starts walking towards her, holding a belt in hand. However, the cop in uniform stops him who continues to note down the number. The man unconvinced with details hits her with a belt. A few seconds later, he again asks her to give them the correct contact number.
The men can be heard saying what she was doing when the police reached the spot. As they hit woman for the third time, she can be seen begging the police to “at least listen to what I am saying”, to which one of them responds, “We are listening, you keep talking.” The clip ends with accused telling her that she has "five minutes to tell the truth."
A spokesperson from the police department said, "Haryana Police is "committed to respect as well as provide safety and security to women and would not hesitate to take the strictest possible action even against its own personnel in case they act in an unlawful manner."
Two accused have been arrested while efforts are on to arrest other culprits. Faridabad Police Commissioner has ordered the suspension of head constables Rohit and Baldev, and dismissal of SPOs Harpal, Krishna, and Dinesh. A case has been registered under relevant sections of Indian Penal Code (IPC).
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