Bajaria police have booked a money lender who had thrashed a 32-year-man after he failed to repay Rs 3000; victim has alleged that two policemen have beaten him inside the police station.
The photos of victim Geetesh Sahu went viral in which injuries marks caused due to severe beating are visible. The assault on the victim by two policemen in the police station at the behest of the money lender Manish Agrawal surfaced on Sunday.
The victim said that on Saturday night, two policemen of Bajaria police station took him to the police station. Locked in the room here, he was beaten up badly with a leash. After the beating, the policemen threatened him that if he complained to anyone, he would be implicated in a false case and sent to jail. After this, the family took him to Bajaria police station on Sunday morning.
The police have registered a case against the accused Manish after getting the medical done. Along with this, investigation has also been started regarding the role of policemen. Injury marks were also found on the victim's body. SHO Bajaria Anil Maurya said that the money lender had assaulted the youth.
According to the information, Gitesh works in a Jain hotel opposite Bhopal railway station. He told that after he lost his job three months ago, he had borrowed Rs 3000 from Manish Aggarwal, and he had returned Rs 800. He was sitting in the hotel at around 8 pm on Saturday when Manish along with constable Manish of Bajaria police station hit him brutally and threatened him to implicate him in a false case.
Later he was asked to accompany to the police station where he was beaten brutally by constables Manish and JP. The constables took out the strap of the flour mill kept inside the room and beat him till he became unconscious. After this the policemen released him.