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| You Tube video screen grab of UP Police publicly thrashing a youth accused of stealing a laptop in Merapur |
UP police have been caught on camera mercilessly thrashing a young man accused of stealing a laptop with leather belt.
As reported by India Today, Surjeet, Umesh and Farid were picked up by the Merapur police in Farrukhabad on the suspicion of stealing a laptop.
That the youth operated a mobile repair shop in the village was the cause for suspicion, say the family members of the young men.
The youth were reportedly kept in illegal detention for two days and booked in a false case of possessing illegal arms as the police could not find any evidence against them.
A video shot using a mobile phone has emerged in which one of the three youngsters, identified as Surjeet, is being publicly and mercilessly thrashed by the police.
It shows policemen in plain clothes and uniform first forcefully stretching out Surjeet's arms around a pillar to hold him in position, while two of their colleagues thrash him on his back with a thick, three to four inch belt.
Once the video went viral on whatsapp, it was picked by the media and made its way to senior police officials.
Station Officer Merapur Saligram Verma, Sub Inspector Ram Sanehi and two police constables have been sent to police lines and Farrukhabad SP Dinesh Kumar says further inquiry is on.