A customer, Jayalakshmi, who was injured in the incident
COIMBATORE: A sub-inspector of police was placed under suspension on Monday after a video of him beating up customers and employees of a restaurant at Gandhipuram on Sunday night went viral on social media.
B Mohanraj of Ram Nagar owns Sri Raja Hotel at Gadhipuram. Around 10pm on Sunday, a cop from Kattoor police station came to the restaurant and told Mohanraj to down the shutters immediately as inspector Latha would be coming for night patrol. As the customers were having dinner in the restaurant, he kept the shutter half-closed.
Around 10.20pm, sub-inspector Muthu, 36, attached to the Kattoor (law & order) police, entered the restaurant with a baton in hand.