‘She dragged me by the hair, kicked me’: Video shows Dalit woman, grandson being assaulted at police station in Madhya Pradesh; 6 cops suspended

“On the pretext of questioning, inspector Aruna Vahane shut the door of her room and started pulling my hair and dragged me by my hair and assaulted me with a wooden stick, and kicked me and mercilessly assaulted me between 6 pm to 7 pm,” she alleged in the complaint.

The complaint also alleged that four police constables “caught hold of my grandson and hit him on his legs several times with a wooden stick”.

The incident had purportedly been captured on a CCTV camera inside the police station, and the clip went viral on social media recently.

The video prompted Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav to issue a public statement Thursday evening promising action against the police personnel involved.

“An old video of assault by officers/employees of GRP Katni police station is going viral on social media. When it came to my notice, immediately this morning, instructions were given to send DIG Rail to the spot for investigation. According to preliminary investigation, orders have been given to suspend the then police station in-charge GRP Katni, along with a head constable and four constables with immediate effect. Also, senior police officers have been directed to ensure that such misconduct is not repeated in future,” Yadav wrote in a post on X.

Later in the day, the six police personnel were suspended.

They were identified as inspector Aruna Vahane, head constable Ajay Shrivastav, and constables Shoaib Abbasi, Salman Khan, Omkar Sirsam, and Varsha Dubey.