Viral Video: Elderly man brutally kicked, punched and hung from platform by cop
Viral Video: Elderly man brutally kicked, punched and hung from platform by cop
In a shocking incident reported from Madhya Pradesh, a video of a policeman kicking and elderly man at Jabalpur railway station has given rise to a wave of outrage at police.
The shocking incident took place on Thursday and the video is in wide circulation since then.
A passenger present at the railway station had broadcast it live at the time of the incident.
In the viral video, the policeman can be seen kicking the man on his face, as soon as the man gets up there is furious finger pointing by the cop followed by another kick. Not just that, the cop then holds the elderly man, by his legs and dangles him off the platform's edge and is again seen kicking him.
Take a look at the video:
People stop and gaze at what's happening, however no one intervenes as the cop goes about pummeling the elderly man.
The authorities have not been able to identify the policeman involved. The victim, say police, has been identified as Gopal Prasad.
"A person was abusing me and when I complained the same to the policeman he started attacking me. I do not know the policeman," the victim said in his statement.