The Delhi Police on Tuesday sent two constables to district lines after a video of them thrashing a woman with a lathi surfaced online. Police said that Constables Sanjeev and Jaichand were posted at the Shastri Park Police Station in northeast district.
A video of the incident also went viral on social media. In the video a woman identified as Munni Devi is being beaten up with stick by the policemen while her daughter Soni tried to shield her.
According to police, the incident which took place at at 9 pm on Monday. "The constables were patrolling the area when they received information about some people raising unauthorised shanties on government land near Bihari building in northeast Delhi," said police.