New Delhi (Sputnik): A video clip of an apparent policeman beating a woman with a belt in the presence of another policeman surfaced online on Monday and soon went viral on the internet.
The video was shot in October 2018 near New Delhi in Faridabad city in the Indian state of Haryana.
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#BigNews: खट्टर राज में पुलिस थानों में भी सुरक्षित नहीं महिलाएं!
— ONE HARYANA (@OneHaryanaOffcl) May 27, 2019
बल्लभगढ़ में पुलिस की शर्मनाक करतूत
पुलिस थाने में पुरुष पुलिस कर्मी ने महिला को बेल्ट से पीटा। pic.twitter.com/gBw8VIrOSn
The over 4 minute-video shows a woman dressed in a sari surrounded by few men, with one of them wearing a police uniform.
The Haryana state police department has suspended two police officials and three special police officers following the incident.
1/3: Haryana Police Department has taken a strong view about the incident of beating of a woman by police personnel that appeared in media today. Faridabad Police has registered an FIR u/s 342/323/509 IPC against those responsible
— Navdeep Virk, IPS (@nsvirk) May 27, 2019
2/3: Two Police officials have been suspended and three SPOs have been removed from service. Out of these two persons have been arrested and efforts are being made to man the other culprits. Incident happened in Oct 2018 and was not reported to police by the victim.
— Navdeep Virk, IPS (@nsvirk) May 27, 2019
Social media was outraged as the the video clip went viral.
Must get humiliated in the public and this will be the learning for other same mentality police people
— Chowkidar Parveen (@khebduki) May 28, 2019
@mlkhattar Sir, mere suspension would not do. They must be punished severely to set a precedence, so that such a crime is not repeated by police.
— Prem Kumar (@aksharprem) May 27, 2019
ऐसे पुलिस वाले हमारी सरकार का, हमारे प्रदेश का, हमारी हरियाणा पुलिस का नाम खराब करते है।
इनसे जरा अच्छे से निपटना होगा। 🙏
Some even demanded the strictest punishment available for such policemen.
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Haryana Police has ordered suspension of two Head Constables & terminated the services of three SPOs with immediate effect taking cognizance of a viral video of a woman being beaten by police personnel. An FIR has also been lodged against the accused in Faridabad.
— ANI (@ANI) May 27, 2019
Netizens also praised Haryana Police's swift action.
Appreciate quick action l hopes culprit be brought to justice by speedy trial
— amanullah (@aman77) May 27, 2019
Thank you so much for taking the action. But can you also ensure that such actions are not repeated in future again?
— Vrishti Hasija (@VrishTea) May 27, 2019
Not every incident can get visibility on SM.
