Video of cop assaulting short-film director goes viral

Hyderabad, Dec 24 (PTI) A video purportedly showing asenior police official assaulting a man has gone viral onsocial media, prompting the Cyberabad...

Hyderabad, Dec 24 (PTI) A video purportedly showing asenior police official assaulting a man has gone viral onsocial media, prompting the Cyberabad police authorities hereto order an inquiry.

Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (MadhapurZone) K Ganga Reddy, who allegedly features in the video, wastoday transferred to the City Armed Reserve, while PoliceCommissioner Sandeep Shandilya ordered an inquiry into theincident.

In the video, Reddy is purportedly seen kicking andslapping a short-film director accused of harassing a womanactor.

Police sources said the director was summoned afterthe woman lodged a complaint, and when he misbehaved with thewoman in front of police, the officer hit him.

"Who recorded the video and whether it happened at theoffice of the Additional DCP or outside...is a matter ofenquiry. But, whatever it is, this is uncalled for," said DCP(Madhapur Zone) Vishwa Prasad.

"If it is found to be true, this is very uncalled-forconduct on the part of the senior police official," he added.

The Cyberabad police commissioner has ordered aninquiry and sought a report, Prasad said.

"Definitely it is disgraceful for police," he added.

In another case, police authorities of Rachakonda areanear here ordered an inquiry after a photograph purportedlyshowing a police official resting his foot next to a womansitting on a cot went viral on social media.

The woman was writing a complaint regarding herhusband's killing, police sources said.

The photograph is one-month old. Rachakonda PoliceCommissioner Mahesh Bhagwat ordered the inquiry after it wentviral on social media yesterday, sources added.

The police official, T S Uma Maheshwara Rao, attachedto Jawaharnagar police station, claimed that as the plasticchair on which he was sitting was broken, he placed his footon the cot. PTI VVKKRK.

This is unedited, unformatted feed from the Press Trust of India wire.

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