Thiruvananthapuram: Two police personnel in Kerala were suspended, pending a probe, after video grabs showing one of them allegedly assaulting an accused's wife went viral. The incident occurred near Thiruvallam police station here on Sunday.
According to police, the 26-year old accused was taken into custody following a complaint of sexual molestation by a woman neighbour.
He allegedly pushed a policeman standing near him at the police station and ran outside, but was overpowered by the two police personnel.
However, the man's relatives alleged he was beaten up by police inside the station so he ran outside.
To prevent him from escaping, policemen are seen hitting and kicking the accused who had fallen, in the purported video.
As he was being beaten up, his wife, who had come to the police station, intervened, following which one of the police personnel hit her with his knee repeatedly.
Fort Assistant Commissioner, R Pratapan Nair told PTI the two policemen-Simon and Gopinath- were suspended on Tuesday after departmental enquiry for their misconduct in a public place.
"Such behaviour by police personnel is against ethics and is misconduct," he said.
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