GRP Inspector, Constable suspended for beating, urinating on journalist in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, June 12 (IBNS): The Utatr Pradesh police on Wednesday said Station House Officer (SHO), GRP Shamli, Rakesh Kumar and Constable Sanjay Pawar were suspended after a video surfaced where a journalist was caught on camera being beaten up by a group of GRP personnel.
"We have come across a video where a journalist has been beaten up & put up in a lock up. DGP UP OP Singh has ordered for immediate suspension of SHO GRP Shamli Rakesh Kumar & Const. Sanjay Pawar. Strict punishment shall be accorded to policemen misbehaving with citizens," the police tweeted.
We have come across a video where a journalist has been beaten up & put up in a lock up. DGP UP OP Singh has ordered for immediate suspension of SHO GRP Shamli Rakesh Kumar & Const. Sanjay Pawar.
— UP POLICE (@Uppolice) June 12, 2019
Strict punishment shall be accorded to policemen misbehaving with citizens.
As per India Today report, a journalist in western Uttar Pradesh's Shamli was beaten up on camera by a group of GRP personnel led by SHO Rakesh Kumar.
The journalist alleged that the cops reportedly hit him and even stripped and urinated on his mouth.
"They were in plain clothes. One hit my camera and it fell down. When I picked it up they hit and abused me. I was locked up, stripped and they urinated in my mouth," the journalist was quoted as saying by ANI news agency.
He was reportedly thrashed by the men when he was covering a train derailment in Dhimanpura on Tuesday night.
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