Police told the boy and the girl were fighting with each other in public.
By Sreejith Vallikunnu
A video showing a young couple getting brutally assaulted by Mumbai police in Andheri police station has gone viral creating outrage on social media. This is the second video that has gone viral in the last two months exposing the atrocious act of the Mumbai police.
A group of five-six officers, including women cops, can be seen in the video abusing and thrashing the couple while the girl is screaming for mercy. Even though the cops have denied allegations, an FIR has been registered against them.
According to reports, after being taken to the police station, they were forced to sit separately, and after a few minutes the girl got scared and started a commotion, which resulted in the police beating the two.
The video that has now gone viral was captured by one Ghulam Maqbool Sheikh who works for an NGO based in Mumbai. He has appealed to take stringent action against the cops who used third degree against the hapless couple.
“The couple was fighting outside the police station when a constable asked the girl if she was being harassed. She said it was a personal matter and did not want any interference by the cops, nevertheless they were taken inside the police station,” Sheikh said.
As the video went viral in social media Senior Inspector of Andheri police station, Nandkumar Dhumal was forced to address the media to explain the police version of the incident.
According to him, the boy and the girl were under heavy influence of alcohol and were fighting with each other on the road near Andheri Metro Station. They were then brought to the police station, but the two again picked up a scuffle. Police just did the duty to separate them while they were fighting.”
The couple, who works for a call centre in Mumbai, was reportedly taken to the hospital for medical examination.
Last month, two Muslim youth under Bandra police custody were brutally assaulted and a police constable had asked them to go to Pakistan.
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