Cops Pulled Up For Hitting COVID-19 Affected person’s Kinfolk In Madhya Pradesh

Khandwa (Madhya Pradesh): Two policemen had been “line hooked up” as punishment in Khandwa in Madhya Pradesh for allegedly beating up some villagers on Sunday after a dispute between well being staff and the kin of a COVID-19 affected person, an official stated.

A video of the incident, wherein police may be seen hitting a person and two ladies with plastic pipes, went viral on social media quickly after.

A police staff had reached Sirsod Banjari village underneath Chhaigaon Makhan police station limits after a dispute between the relative of a 20-year-old COVID-19 affected person and well being staff who had come to take him to a hospital, stated the official.

“After the well being staff complained about being attacked by the affected person’s household, a police staff arrived on the village. They too had been attacked and a sub inspector and an assistant sub inspector received injured together with two well being staff,” stated Chhaigaon Makhan police station in cost G Kanail.

Well being officers stated the person was examined for coronavirus on Friday and his report returned optimistic on Sunday, after which a staff went to the village to get him to a hospital, however his kin insisted that he be residence quarantined, which began the altercation.

After the medical staff was attacked, a police grievance was filed, stated well being employee Purva Kushwaha.

“The Chhaigaon Makhan police station in cost and a constable had been ”line hooked up” (taken off subject responsibility and deployed in police line as punishment) in reference to this incident,” stated Khandwa Superintendent of Police Vivek Singh.

Metropolis Superintendent of Police (CSP) Lalit Gathre will perform a probe into the matter, Mr Singh added.

In the meantime, senior MP Congress chief Arun Yadav demanded the erring policemen be booked.

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