Rajkot: A local court in Vanthli town of Junagadh district on Wednesday ordered an FIR against five policemen who had allegedly thrashed a 20-year-old youth in September last year allegedly for not wearing a mask in public.
The video of the incident was widely shared on social media, in which the policemen were seen beating up victim Aadil Chauhan with a baton while making him stand behind a vehicle with his both hands tied.
On Wednesday, additional chief judicial magistrate Bhadresh Gandhi noted that prima facie it appears that the way the youth was thrashed in public and that too, outside a police station, cannot be termed as an act of discharging duty by the accused cops.
Video grab of Aadil tied behind police vehicle and being thrashed by cops in Vanthli on September 25, 2020
RAJKOT: A local court in Vanthli town of Junagadh district on Wednesday ordered an FIR against five policemen who had allegedly thrashed a 20-year-old youth in September last year allegedly for not wearing a mask in public.
The video of the incident was widely shared on social media, in which the policemen were seen beating up victim Aadil Chauhan with a baton while making him stand behind a vehicle with his both hands tied.
On Wednesday, additional chief judicial magistrate Bhadresh Gandhi noted that prima facie it appears that the way the youth was thrashed in public and that too, outside a police station, cannot be termed as an act of discharging duty by the accused cops.