BADAUN – Five policemen, including an outpost in charge, are in the dock for allegedly assaulting a Muslim youth accused of slaughtering cows in the Uttar Pradesh city of Badaun.
Reports later revealed that the victim was picked up by the police in a case of mistaken identity.
Social activist Kashif Arsalan exposed the incident, revealing that “five police officers tortured a Muslim youth by inserting a stick in his faecal path and administering electric shocks.”
Arsalan took to X (formerly Twitter) platform, urgently calling upon Uttar Pradesh Police to take immediate action and suspend the accused policemen. He said failure to do so would raise concerns about the selective provision of protection to specific communities.
According to a media report, the mother of the 22-year-old victim alleged that the police, led by an assistant inspector, subjected her son to inhuman treatment that included inserting a stick into a sensitive part of the body and administering repeated electric shocks.
Senior Superintendent of Police O.P. Singh has directed Dataganj police official Prem Kumar Thapa to conduct a thorough investigation into the matter.
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