Video: Man brutally thrashed by cops in Indore for not wearing mask; both suspended

Indore: Indore police suspended two policemen after a video went viral on social media showing them beating up a rickshaw-puller in Indore’s Pardeshipura police station area.
The viral clip shows two policemen roughing up a man having him pinned down to the road.
“In view of COVID spike, we have been urging people to wear a mask and even levy a fine on the spot if found flouting the norms. Pardeshipura police were doing their job under ‘Roko Toko’ programme and saw this rickshaw-puller was not wearing a mask,” Indore Superintendent of Police, Ashutosh Bagri, said.
The SP further said that the person was found to be criminally-minded and had a history of extortion and knife-wielding.
“When the police asked him to come to the police station, he started a brawl there and started scuffling with the police. The person, who made the video, cut the first half off the video and circulated with the intention of maligning the reputation of the police,” Bagri added.
Policemen in Indore brutally beating a man for not wearing a mask (which he should) while his child cries, pleading infront of the cops. @ChouhanShivraj will your shameless policemen do the same to PM Modi or BJP leaders who say “no need to wear mask”? pic.twitter.com/8Ilo7HmLzg — Gaurav Pandhi (@GauravPandhi) April 6, 2021 The SP said whatever the two policemen did was still unjustifiable and the two policemen, Mahesh Prajapati and Gopal Jaat, have been suspended and attached to the SP office.