This story is from November 3, 2018

Video of UP DSP assaulting couple in police station goes viral, ADG orders probe

Watch: UP cop tortures Muslim couple inside GRP station
Video grab: UP cop tortures Muslim couple inside GRP station
MEERUT: In a shocking video that has gone viral, UP Police deputy superintendent of police Ashok Kumar Dixit, posted at Government Railway Police, Saharanpur, can be seen flogging a Muslim couple with a lathi and abusing them. A video of the incident, which purportedly happened on October 12, was later circulated on social media. Dixit, in the meanwhile, retired on October 31.

When TOI contacted ADG (railways) Sanjay Singhal, said, “A probe to be conducted by SP, GRP Moradabad, has been ordered into the incident. The officer under question has retired on October 31. A thorough probe will be carried out and anyone found guilty will be brought to justice,” ADG Singhal said.
In the video, a man in plainclothes, believed to be Dixit, is sitting on a chair inside GRP station in Saharanpur. He is interrogating a couple and can be seen flogging them with a lathi. Police personnel in uniform can be seen around him who stood and watched as their senior used foul language against the couple and beat them.
It is learnt that the couple had eloped but were finally traced. The reason behind the DSP’s wrath is not known.
“I have seen the video that has gone viral on social media. We are trying to establish the veracity of the video and also identify the person in it. As of now, we just have the video and are yet to receive any official complaint from either of the victims,” Subhash Chandra Dubey, SP GRP (Moradabad), said.
Meanwhile, ADG (railways) Singhal claimed that department action against Dixit, if he is found guilty, might adversely affect his post-retirement benefits. “We are open to more inputs brought to us regarding the incident which can help us with the investigation. Appropriate action will be taken as per the law,” ADG (railways) Singhal said.
Earlier in September this year, another incident, where four police personnel, including women cops, were caught on camera assaulting and abusing a girl for choosing a Muslim partner, had caused huge embarrassment to UP Police. All the four cops involved in the incident were later transferred to different zones as a “punishment” pending departmental inquiry.
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