A video clip of an inspector moving around hitting the commoners standing on the roads with a lathi went viral on social media drawing criticism from social activists.
The incident took place in Moghalpura police station limits when the local Inspector Durga Prasad was on night rounds on a motorcycle. On spotting youngsters standing on the road, the Inspector allegedly hit them.
“At least three or four youngsters were beaten up with the fiber stick by the inspector for just standing on the road in the night. There are no prohibitory orders enforced in the city nor there are any official restrictions on public movement during the night. The behavior of the inspector is highly condemnable,” lamented S Q Masood, a social activist.