Probe against 2 cops for beating up ganja smugglers in Odisha

Video of two policemen beating up two alleged ganja smugglers in Odisha goes viral. Koraput SP directs Jeypore SDPO to conduct an inquiry into the incident.

Koraput (Odisha): The police have initiated a probe on Tuesday after a video showing two policemen beating up two alleged ganja smugglers in Koraput district went viral.

The Superintendent of Police (SP) of Koraput district, Kanwar Vishal Singh, has asked the Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) of Jeypore to conduct the inquiry into the incident.

"We have initiated an inquiry and details will be known once we complete the process. A probe is on to ascertain the circumstances in which the incident took place," the SDPO of Jeypore, Sagarika Nath, said.

In the video, two policemen were seen beating up two ganja smugglers with belt and stick, a police officer said.

The police had intercepted a vehicle carrying ganja near Doraguda under the jurisdiction of Boipariguda police station on Tuesday and arrested two persons, while two others managed to escape from the spot, the officer said.