At a time when the whole world is reeling under the COVID-19 pandemic, wearing a mask becomes a necessity, not an option. However, if someone is thrashed just because his mask slipped down his nose, what will you say? Can such an act be justified? However, we try to bring before you both sides of the story.
In a shocking incident, that is taking social media by storm, a video has emerged where two policemen are seen brutally thrashing a man for not wearing a mask in public. The video is said to have been shot in Madhya Pradesh's Indore city.
The man identified as 35-year-old Krishna Keyer, an auto-rickshaw driver's mask had slipped down his nose when he was on his way to meet his ailing father, as per media reports.
Earlier on Tuesday, the two policemen who were deployed at Malwa Mill Gate spotted the auto-rickshaw driver who was accompanied by his son and asked him to come to the police station. When he refused, a scuffle ensued.
The cops began thrashing him. In the video shot by a bystander, cops can be seen pinning him down, kicking and punching him mercilessly while his son can be heard pleading with the cops to let him go, while the cops tried to drag him to the police station.
On the other side of the story, ANI reported the cops saying that the auto-rickshaw driver first assaulted and abused the constables.
"When those two cops tried to escort this man to the police station for not wearing a mask, he tried to assault them. That part has been cropped in the video to malign the police’s image. What those cops did was also wrong, they’ve been suspended. Inquiry is underway," Ashutosh Bagri, SP, was quoted as saying by ANI.
As of now after the video went viral both the policemen have been suspended and a City Superintendent of Police (CSP) has been asked to investigate the matter.
