The Madhya Pradesh Police on Friday suspended a 20-year-old constable posted at Rewa's Lour police station while the GRP has booked him for assault and criminal intimidation after a video of him thrashing and dragging an elderly man at Jabalpur railway station went viral. The incident, according to Jabalpur GRP, occurred on July 27 at around 3 pm when the constable, identified as Anand Sharma, was heading back to Rewa from Jabalpur after submitting a case diary at the High Court. According to the police, the elderly vagabond, identified as Gopal Prasad, allegedly hurled abuses at the constable in an inebriated state. मध्यप्रदेश के जबलपुर स्टेशन पर बुजुर्ग पर पुलिस वाले ने बर्बरता से लात मारी, घसीटकर प्लेटफॉर्म पर उल्टा लटकाया! यहां बीजेपी की सरकार है। उम्मीद है बुजुर्ग व्यक्ति को न्याय मिलेगा। @ChouhanShivraj pic.twitter.com/4unn4SqBp6 — Susheel shinde (@Shinde_Voice) July 29, 2022 Speaking to The Indian Express, Superintendent of Police for GRP Vinayak Verma said, “After the video went viral, we identified the constable and traced the victim. We are in the process of recording the victim’s statement based on which an FIR against the constable will be registered.” Soon after the video went viral, Rewa police found out who the constable was and suspended him. While suspending Anant Sharma, an order issued by Rewa police stated that Sharma’s action captured in the viral video in which he is seen assaulting an elderly man has damaged the reputation of the police amongst citizens. Anant Sharma has also been booked under Section 323 for voluntarily causing hurt, Section 294 for obscene acts and songs and 506 for criminal intimidation as per the Indian Penal Code.
