A 26-year-old Muslim man, Mohammad Sami Khan, was brutally thrashed and beaten by a constable of Chaderghat Police station in Rasoolpura area of Hyderabad in Telangana on October 21, Saturday.
In the videos that have surfaced on social media, a man identified as Khan can be seen being chased and physically assaulted by a police constable, while another police officer in uniform follows closely behind.
Khan is also visible in the footage, folding his hands and pleading for mercy while the police constable continues to strike him with his baton.
Khan has sustained injuries and wounds on his face and hands.
On October 21, around 12:45 am, Khan and his maternal cousin Syed Mustafa Abid were sitting outside their home in Rasoolpura, having just finished dinner, when the constable arrived in the area.
“A police constable named Chary, accompanied by a uniformed officer from Chaderghat Police station arrived in the area and ran his motorcycle over the legs of Sami first and then started beating him with the baton he was carrying”, Abid, Khan’s cousin who is an eye witness to the entire incident told Maktoob.
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