Video: Man Going To Buy Medicine Thrashed In Chhattisgarh By Cops
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The police said a First Information Report has been filed against the man for speeding and not stopping his two-wheeler despite being told to do so
A man who was going to buy medicines was slapped by a district official and thrashed by policemen amid the COVID-19 lockdown in Chhattisgarh's Surajpur. Visuals of the incident were shared widely on social media. Shocking visuals from Surajpur in Chhattisgarh collector snatched phone, slapped a boy gone out to buy medicines, polices also caned him, FIR lodged against the boy! @bhupeshbaghel@CG_Police@drramansingh@ndtv@ndtvindia@manishndtv@rohini_sgh@ajaiksaran@sunilcrediblepic.twitter.com/T3c4Y6zW7s The police later said a case has been filed against the man, Sahil Gupta, for speeding. In a mobile video, the man is seen taking out identity papers as the district collector, Ranbir Sharma, walks to him. The official asks the man to give his mobile phone, which he promptly does. Suddenly, the district collector smashes the phone on the road and slaps the man. The official then instructs some policemen to thrash the man. The district collector is also heard scolding the man for recording the incident in video.More Related News