Excesses of Khakhi once again came to the fore when two labourers of a brick kiln field were brutally assaulted by policemen in Sambhal. They were admitted in hospital.
Interestingly senior officers tried to save the cops claiming that the labourers came in way of authorities during an encroachment eviction drive in Chandausi area of the district after which they were chased away. However, after the police brutality was shown by some electronic media, district police chief Thesildar Singh claimed to have ordered an enquiry into the matter. However, no action has been initiated so far against the policemen.
Reports said that two of the workers of brick kiln field, identified as Armaan and Rafeeq, were brutally assaulted with sticks for unloading bricks at an alleged disputed site by sub-inspector Sartaj Ali and other policemen in Chandausi on last Sunday. Both the victims pleaded their innocence in the matter but the cops refused to listen to them. luckily some local residents intervened after which the cops left the victims. They were immediately shifted to hospital in serious condition.
The brick kiln owner when contacted by some local media persons he claimed that the workers had gone there only to unload bricks and they had nothing to do with encroachment drive still the cops beaten them. Meanwhile, Inspector General of Crimem Ashish Gupta when asked about the incident here on Tuesday evening, he claimed that those assaulted had gone to grab a property after which a woman called police. He said that the policemen resorted to a lathi charge to defuse the situation.
However, still they will look into the matter. "An inquiry has been ordered by Circle Officer on the allegations of use of excessive force by policemen," IG Crime said, justifying police action terming it necessary to maintain law and order.