Home guard suspended for kicking minor boy at Bhubaneswar tea stall after video goes viral

By Express News Service
BHUBANESWAR: A house guard was positioned below suspension on Thursday after CCTV footage of him purportedly kicking and abusing a chaiwala at a roadside kiosk within the state capital went viral on social media.

In the video footage, dwelling guard AK Biswal of PCR-29 may be seen chiding the tea vendor, a minor, and kicking him for holding the store open past the permissible time of 6 am to 1 pm throughout the partial lockdown.

The ordeal of the sufferer didn’t finish there as two different police personnel of the PCR van additionally took away some articles from his store earlier than leaving the spot.

The Commissionerate Police was left red-faced after CCTV footage of the incident which reportedly occurred after 3 pm on Tuesday went viral.

Preliminary investigations urged that the incident passed off at Kesura. “The dwelling guard has been positioned below suspension and an Additional DCP rank officer has been directed to conduct an in depth inquiry into the matter,” stated Bhubaneswar DCP Umashankar Dash.

The patrolling social gathering in a PCR van contains a staff of a minimum of 4 personnel together with the driving force. The police are investigating who had been the police personnel on responsibility together with Biswal when the incident occurred.

Human rights activist Biswapriya Kanungo condemned the police brutality in opposition to the minor. “Hit by the coronavirus pandemic, people are struggling to save their lives and livelihoods. Police can take action as per law if anyone commits any crime. But the assault on the minor boy has endangered his right to live with dignity,” stated Kanungo.

Jharsuguda Additional Tehsildar Jobita Tirkey had drawn flak final month for allegedly assaulting a fruit vendor for persevering with his enterprise after the permissible time restrict throughout the lockdown interval.

Last 12 months, a sub-inspector and a constable had been positioned below suspension by Jagatsinghpur police for assaulting folks out on the streets throughout the lockdown.

According to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), civilians getting injured throughout police operations have elevated in Odisha. At least 12 individuals had been injured throughout police operations within the state in 2019 although no such incident was reported in 2018.