An Assistant Sub Inspector attached to Kumaraswamy Layout police station was suspended for allegedly assaulting a woman who had come to the station with a complaint related to family feud.
ASI Renukaiah had asked one of the constables to record the incident. The constable leaked the edited video on social media following a tiff with the ASI over assignment of duty, the police said.
Taking strong exception, DCP south K. Annamalai suspended both the ASI and the constable, and ordered an ACP level officer to conduct a detailed inquiry into the incident.
According to the police, an 18-year-old girl from Chittoor, who was a victim of child marriage, had run away from home after alleged harassment by her in-laws and her mother. The girl had landed in Bengaluru and started working in a hotel. She had been married off to her uncle when she was minor, and received no help from her mother despite facing harassment by her husband.
Rakeshwari, the mother of the girl, reached the hotel on Sunday and, along with her relatives, tried to take the girl home. The owner of the hotel alerted the police, who rushed to the hotel and took the girl and her mother to the station for an inquiry.
At the station, the girl narrated her ordeal and told the police that, as she had turned 18, she was free to take her own decisions and did not want to go back to her mother.
Rakeshwari allegedly created a ruckus and assaulted the daughter in the station. ASI Renukaiah, who was the station in-charge, allegedly manhandled her and pushed her and others out of the station.
Renukaiah had asked a constable on duty to record the proceedings. On Sunday, the constable uploaded an edited version of the video on social media, a senior police officer said.
