UP Cop Suspended for Allegedly Thrashing SP Leader on Video

Swale Chaudhary from SP’s youth wing was reportedly beaten up when he went to the police station.

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A police inspector posted in Sadar Kotwali police station was suspended for allegedly beating up a local Samajwadi Party leader in Badaun and uploading a video of the act on social media.

District unit president of SP youth wing, Swale Chaudhary, was reportedly beaten up when he had gone to the police station to help resolve a dispute between two bus operators on Sunday.

SSP Chandra Prakash said he came across a video in which Inspector Lokendra Singh was seen brutally beating up Chaudhary after which senior officials were informed and Singh was placed under suspension.

Chaudhary's father, Huzoor Ahmed, alleged that his son had been brutally beaten up and sent to jail when he went to the police station. He accused the inspector of filming the incident and posting it on social media. Ahmed has sought justice from Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath demanding that the inspector should be booked and sent to jail.

"If action is not taken against the inspector, the entire family will be left with no choice other than sitting on indefinite fast," he said.