UP Cops Deny Knowledge Of "Return Gift" Video Amid Custodial Torture Charge
NDTV
In the video, around nine men beg and try to block blows raining incessantly on them from two policemen armed with sticks in what appears to be a police station.
Four days after Uttar Pradesh BJP MLA Shalabh Mani Tripathi shared a video on Twitter showing cops mercilessly thrashing a group of men with the caption "return gift for rioters", the police in Saharanpur, where the incident reportedly took place, say they have no information about the video. No one has filed a complaint and there is no investigation, they said.
In the video, around nine men beg and try to block blows raining incessantly on them from two policemen armed with sticks in what appears to be a police station, but in vain.
The video went viral two days after the Uttar Pradesh police cracked down on protesters and detained several of them for disturbing peace and harmony as clashes were reported at several places where people had gathered to protest now suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma's objectionable and communal remarks against Prophet Muhammad and Islam.
