Cops thrash auto-driver after accident, suspended

Three cops thrashed two men after their auto bumped into a police vehicle in Delhi. Later they were suspended by DCP Vijyanta Arya. However, the police have blamed the auto driver for the incident saying that he attacked a police officer with a sword and injured another with the vehicle.

New Delhi:Three policemen have been suspended in Delhi for unprofessional conduct after they were accused of thrashing the driver of a mini taxi and his son, the police announced on Monday.

Two Assistant Sub-Inspectors and a constable were suspended over the way they handled the situation on Sunday in Mukherjee Nagar near Delhi University after a Gramin Seva taxi hit a police vehicle.

Deputy Commissioner of Police Vijayanta Arya said an enquiry had been initiated into the incident which caused a near riot and triggered strong political reactions.

The enquiry will be conducted by an Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police along with an Assistant Commissioner of Police to ascertain the role of the policemen in the incident which was caught on camera.

It is alleged that the policemen dragged the driver and his son, out of their auto and thrashed them for "no reason".

However, the police have blamed the auto driver for the incident saying that he attacked a police officer with a sword and injured another with the vehicle.

The driver's friends alleged that the father and son were dragged out of the vehicle by police personnel and beaten up again in the police station.

Further legal action will be taken following the outcome of the police investigation, Arya said.

A protest was organised after the alleged incident in Mukherjee Nagar and Former Delhi Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee president Manjit Singh GK compared the police action with the 1984 Sikh riots and demanded strict action against the errant cops.

He said, "Policemen stopped the auto driver and pointed a pistol at him, he was later dragged out of the vehicle and brutally thrashed."

"The accused policemen should be dismissed and the case should be registered against them. We will continue our protest till our demands are not fulfilled," he said. T Ring Road was blocked in the driver's support.

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