Kanpur: A video has gone viral on social media where a police officer in Kanpur is seen brutally beating a woman in a lock-up.
The video, which was shared on the Samajwadi Party’s Twitter account, has sparked outrage among the public.
The footage, which is over two minutes long, shows the woman begging for help and shouting in pain as the police officer, who is believed to be a sub-inspector in the Kakwan area of Kanpur, mercilessly thrashes and manhandles her.
कानपुर पुलिस की एक और शर्मनाक करतूत!
ककवन थाना क्षेत्र में सब इंस्पेक्टर युवती से कर रहा अभद्रता, जान से मारने का कर रहा प्रयास।
रोज़ाना योगी सरकार की पुलिस की बर्बरता की घटनाएं आ रही सामने, मुख्यमंत्री मौन।
मामले की हो जांच, आरोपी पुलिसकर्मी पर हो कार्रवाई! @Uppolice pic.twitter.com/K4BItsuERL
— Samajwadi Party (@samajwadiparty) December 25, 2022
The cop is apparently aware that his actions are being recorded and he tries to defend himself, saying: “You people are not doing the right thing with police, whatever you doing is wrong.”
The Samajwadi Party has condemned the incident and called for an investigation into the actions of the police officer.
In a tweet, it demanded an investigation into the incident and strict action against the cop.
Police in a tweet also said, “In the case of misbehavior with a woman by the SI under Kakwan area, the Police Commissioner immediately sent DCP West, Ad.DCP West, and Ad.DCP South to the spot for investigation understood, checked, and tested all the facts. All necessary steps by the police are being taken so that such incident does not happen again”.
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