Enraged over being asked to wear a face-mask, a government officer brutally assaulted a woman colleague in Andhra Pradesh.
The incident occurred in the tourism department's office in Nellore on Saturday but came to light on Tuesday after the victim lodged a police complaint.
Deputy Manager Bhaskar pulled the woman staffer by hair, dragged her and repeatedly attacked her with what looks like an iron rod even as other employees in the office tried to intervene.
The official's brutality was captured on CCTV camera. He is seen rushing towards the woman, pulling her down from the chair and dragging her by hair. He then picked up some object from the table and hit her. Another employee tried to control him but he pushed him to the ground. He then picked up what looks like an iron rod and repeatedly attacked the woman as other employees watched in horror.
Unable to see the assault, another woman present in the office was seen rushing out. A man who walked in finally managed to snatch the rod from Bhaskar's hands.
Police registered a case and also issued a lookout notice. Soon, the police in Andhra Pradesh’s Nellore district arrested the senior employee of the state tourism department for beating a woman colleague with a stick and abusing her for asking him to wear a face mask as part of Covid-19 norms.
Police said the official got angry and felt insulted after the woman colleague advised him to wear the face mask to contain the spread of Coronavirus.
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Shocking video! Only because she asked him to wear a mask, #AndhraPradesh tourism dept dy mgr Bhaskar beats up contract worker Usha with an iron rod in the office. Incident in #Nellore district on Saturday. The woman, a differently-abled, filed a police complaint. @Tourism_AP pic.twitter.com/mOgduF0naC
— krishnamurthy (@krishna0302) June 30, 2020
And the accused has been arrested. Thank you for the swift action @sp_nlr @APPOLICE100 pic.twitter.com/DvFJ282aP6
— krishnamurthy (@krishna0302) June 30, 2020
SOURCES: IANS