A video showing an SHO brutally flogging a man went viral on social media. The incident reportedly took place inside Mungrabadsahpur police station in Uttar Pradesh’s Jaunpur.
SHO brutally flogged the man
In the video clip, the SHO is seen flogging the man, and he collapses on the ground. Later, other policemen are seen making him stand around a pillar.
SHO and two other cops were suspended
The Superintendent of Police said the SHO and other two policemen were suspended immediately. He said a departmental inquiry has been initiated against the errant cops.
Delhi Police detains man making false claim
The Delhi Police said it has detained a man who claimed to have prior information about the April 22 terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam, which turned out to be “completely baseless” following verification by the security agencies.
Have prior information about the attack, man claimed
According to the police, the man identified as Subodh Tyagi made a phone call from Delhi’s Shakarpur area late on Wednesday night, claiming to have prior information about the attack. Tyagi, a driver by profession, alerted the police, following which the Delhi Police took immediate action and initiated an investigation in collaboration with multiple security agencies, including the Intelligence Bureau (IB).
Security agencies verified the claims
After questioning the man for several hours, security agencies verified the claims and later determined that the information regarding the Pahalgam attack was “completely baseless”.
Man fabricated the claims
As per the police, the man fabricated the claims while he was intoxicated, which caused a disturbance and consumed valuable time and resources of various law enforcement agencies. The 51-year-old man was under the influence of alcohol with a blood alcohol content of 237/100 ml, the police stated.
The attack, carried out by terrorists at Baisaran meadow in Pahalgam, was one of the deadliest in the Valley since the 2019 Pulwama strike, in which 40 CRPF jawans were killed. The attack was one of the biggest terror attacks in the region after the abrogation of Article 370 in 2019.
