This is an archive article published on July 30, 2022
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On camera, elderly man beaten up by constable at station in Madhya Pradesh
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.
Soon after the video went viral, Rewa police found out who the constable was and suspended him.
(Twitter/@ANI) 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.
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