A viral video that has created a stir on social media showed police beating a man after he allegedly spitted on them in Kothrud area in Pune.
According to Police Inspector Pratibha Joshi, the man, Amit Kumar Verma, had fled a shelter home. When police caught him, he abused & spitted on them yesterday.
The man said he didn't want to stay at the shelter home as he was not getting liquor, tobacco & cigarettes there.
There were also complaints that he was urinating here & there at the shelter home. He was punished as police didn't want to book him, said Police Inspector Pratibha Joshi.