Thrashing Dalits, Muslims, Women became routine in BJP Ruling States
In a case of unreasonable excuse, the GRP police station’s woman in-charge, in-charge head constable and four cops have been suspended after a 2023 video went viral.
It showed the torture of a Dalit woman and her teenaged grandson by Government Railway Police (GRP) personnel in Katni district. Woman and her 15-year-old grandson are seen being forcibly pulled by GRP personnel. Kamal nath former MP sent a video that made viral of the episode that resulted in suspension of GRP police station’s woman in-charge, in-charge head constable and four cops.
The 2.59-second-long clip is ostensibly shot at GRP-Katni police station. In the video, a woman police officer is seen pulling the scheduled caste woman aged around 55 by her hair and beating her with a lathi. The woman cop subsequently is seen assaulting the woman’s minor grandson in the same manner, before at least five male GRP personnel are seen holding the minor tightly and then beating him ruthlessly with a lathi on the hips, back and legs. At the end of the video, the tortured minor is seen narrating the incident.
We were brought to Katni GRP police station by cops enquiring for my father, who is a poor labourer, but has been implicated in false cases of theft, the boy told Indian White Paper when a correspondent investigated facts shown in video. .
With the video going viral, the state government top officials in the matter, accusing Dr Mohan Yadav government of being insensitive to scheduled caste and scheduled tribes.
Acting against the law, the authorities demolished the house of a Muslim man accused of leading a mob in attacking a police station in Chhatarpur recently. Will the CM now order the demolition of houses of the GRP personnel involved in the savagery with the Dalit woman and her grandson in Katni.
Taking to X, MP CM Dr Mohan Yadav tried to wash his hands saying that an old video of assault by the officer/employees of GRP Thana Katni is going viral on social media.The Chief Minister says I immediately directed to send DIG Rail to the spot for investigation this morning. Senior police officers have been directed to ensure that such misconduct is not repeated in future. What an excuse?
