Video: Dalit woman thrashed by police officer in public

BIHAR: A horrific video of a police officer thrashing a Dalit woman in Indian State of Bihar has gone viral on social media, drawing widespread condemnations.

The clip, widely shared on social media, shows a police official, Raj Kishore Singh, in uniform striking a woman with a stick in public view while some others look on.

Inspector Rajkishore Singh, in-charge of Surasand police station, was seen striking the middle-age woman multiple times in public, showed the video.

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The cop was filmed in his uniform during the incident, triggering an outrage among the public. But the police claim the cop was only trying to maintain order after a fight erupted between two sides in a kidnapping case.

Locals claimed the woman sustained injuries in the police action and was subsequently admitted to a private nursing home for treatment, while police claimed she was not injured.

The police said a probe has been ordered into the incident. Vinod Kumar, Sub-divisional Police Officer (SDPO), said in a video statement that the incident is linked to the kidnapping of a girl.

“The girl was rescued, but the two sides visited the police station and engaged in a fight among themselves outside. This led to a traffic jam on the road and the cop used his baton to disperse the crowd,” he clarified.