Three policemen were suspended after pictures showed them mercilessly beating an alleged pickpocket and coercing him to own up the crime in CM’s native town Saifar. An enquiry has also been ordered against the cops.
As per reports, Rupesh, alias Pullu, of Mainpuri was picked up on charges of stealing some one’s purse by the cops near Muchehra petrol pump on the Etah-Mainpuri road on November 27 and brought to the Saifai police station. To make him own up the crime and also other major theft cases he had committed, sub-inspector Avdhesh Kumar, head constable Gulab Chandra and constable Arvind Singh resorted to third degree measures on the alleged pickpocket during the quizzing. With the accused in custody, the cops came up with some cash claiming that it had been seized from the accused
However, trouble started for the police team after a video of the excesses were aired by an electronic channel and soon it also hit the social media and went viral within minutes since Thursday morning.
To save the entire police force from further embarrassment, SSP of Wtawah, Manjul Saini claimed to have suspended all three policmen. She also asked Circle Officer of Saifai, AK Dixit to probe the incident threadbare and report to her.