Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai and Home Minister Araga Jnanendra condemned the brutal behaviour of a traffic cop who was caught on camera kicking and abusing a physically challenged woman . The traffic cop, Assistant Sub-Inspector R. Narayana, was suspended on Sunday.
“Police should behave properly with the public. Any incident of police going overboard will not be tolerated. I have convened a meeting of senior police officials on Monday,” Mr. Bommai told reporters on Sunday after taking part in the Martyrs’ Day function.
Home Minister Araga Jnanendra, too, condemned the brutality of the attack. The assault on a hapless woman by a police officer who used brutal force and hurled abuses will not be tolerated, he said. “No one has the right to take the law into their hands and police officials are no exception.”
Commissioner of Police (Traffic) B.R. Ravikanthe Gowda has ordered an inquiry into the incident, based on which action will be taken against the ASI. The incident took place a few days ago when a stone that the woman was pelting at a towing truck hit Narayana.
The woman, Manjula (37), who lives in a makeshift shelter, works as a parking lot attendant at a service lane off J.C. Road. The clip shows the ASI confronting the woman. When she walked away, he dragged her by the hair, and later forced her onto the ground and began to kick her. It was based on his complaint, that the jurisdictional S.J. Park police arrested Manjula, who was remanded into judicial custody.
