In yet another incident of police brutality, cops were seen brutally beating a woman for not wearing a mask. The incident was captured on camera and now the video is surfacing all around the internet.
The incident occurred in the Sagar district of Madhya Pradesh. The woman along with her daughter was going to buy groceries. She was not wearing a mask and her daughter too only had a scarf around her mouth. Witnessing this, police questioned them and the woman was kicked, punched and dragged on the road by a group of cops.
In the viral video, the woman can be seen thrashed by two policemen. Trying to free herself woman is seen falling on the road several times. Another woman police officer tries to get her into the police vehicle, but the woman refuses. Her daughter too is seen pulling back her mother from the vehicle. After this, a cop drags the woman by her hair.
As the video surfaced on the internet, netizens criticized the Madhya Pradesh police. People are demanding suspension of the police personnel involved in the matter. Criticizing the police behavior, one of the users said, “Law is only for poor. Our politicians do rallies without wearing masks. Do they get arrested or even fined.”
Another user wrote, “Give them a mask instead of torturing them...People have been left #Atamnirbhar Shame on us. They only act on weak.”
Amid the worsening Covid19 pandemic, several states have imposed lockdown or semi-lockdown to break the chain of Coronavirus. But police are having a rough time maintaining the restriction with people flouting Covid norms. However, no matter what happens, it does not give police the right to behave badly with citizens.