City
Epaper

Bihar: Police officer suspended for beating driver in Kaimur

By IANS | Updated: April 1, 2025 19:56 IST

Patna, April 1 An Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) and two Home Guard personnel have landed in trouble after a ...

Open in App

Patna, April 1 An Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) and two Home Guard personnel have landed in trouble after a video of police misconduct went viral on social media.

The footage, captured on NH-19 in Mohania, shows officers allegedly assaulting a driver and demanding a bribe.

Reacting to the viral clip, Kaimur SP Harimohan Shukla has suspended ASI Prabhat Kumar and recommended stopping the work of two Home Guards personnel to the district magistrate of Kaimur.

He also ordered an SDPO rank officer-led investigation in this matter.

“As soon as we came to know about the incident of misconduct, SI Prabhat Kumar was immediately suspended. A letter has been sent to the District Magistrate for the removal of the two Home Guard jawans,” Shukla said.

According to police, SI Prabhat Kumar and his DAIL 112 team were stationed at an Integrated check post when they intercepted a truck and allegedly demanded an amount as a bribe to pass the truck from the check post.

The video shows them beating a driver with a baton and pushing him into a police vehicle. The incident occurred after the victim allegedly refused to pay a bribe.

Following the incident, the RJD, Bihar’s main opposition party, wasted no time in attacking Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s government. Sharing the viral video on its official X (Twitter) handle, the party claimed that police officers were resorting to extortion due to the so-called “DK tax.”

“You will have to pay a bribe to Bihar Police! Either get beaten up or empty your pockets quietly! Elections are coming, and now officers are under double pressure—to extort more so that Nitish Kumar and BJP can use the money for polls!” RJD wrote on ‘X’.

Disclaimer: This post has been auto-published from an agency feed without any modifications to the text and has not been reviewed by an editor

Open in App

Related Stories

Other SportsLa Liga: Four things we learned in Spain's matchday 35

NationalOdisha Police gear up for Rath Yatra; DGP reviews preparations

NationalPM Modi’s address cannot be a substitute for a structured discussion in Parliament: CPI(M)

NationalFour Bangladeshi infiltrators arrested near Indo-Bangla border

EntertainmentVijay Deverakonda teases packed film line-up with new posters; check it out

National Realted Stories

NationalMan wanted in connection with murder case held after 15 years

National'Surrender or face elimination', MP CM Mohan Yadav warns Maoists

NationalJharkhand: Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana gives financial security to poor in Sahibganj

NationalThree more persons arrested for ‘pro-Pakistan’ stand: Assam CM

National‘Embrace annihilation or abandon terrorism’: Assam CM hails PM Modi’s speech