Some policemen in Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home-state of Gujarat have been captured on camera overturning vegetable-laden carts and chasing vendors with sticks for defying the lockdown imposed to curb the coronavirus outbreak in India.
The video swiftly went viral on social media, leaving social media users outraged by the violent takedown of the poor people of Ahmedabad.
A policeman, V R Chaudhari has been suspended and an inquiry was called against three others after the video was widely shared.
Despite exceptions for essential service providers like healthcare workers, medical staff, media and grocery shops, the police crackdown has been concerning the public at large.
The suspension of the police official, however, did not mellow the netizens, as they called for the vendors to be compensated and questioned the insensitive and violent behaviour of the police.
In another similar video, a policeman was seen attacking street vendors.
And another video showed a cop thrashing a man carrying essential supplies.
Earlier, a Delhi policeman was suspended after a video of him vandalising vegetable carts went viral. A similar video showed the policeman overturning the carts of vegetable hawkers while scaring them with his baton.