UP Cops Thrash Women, Police Say They Threw Stones

Monday, 7 November 2022newsdesk
UP Cops Thrash Women, Police Say They Threw Stones
A video of Uttar Pradesh policemen raining lathis on women and shouting abuses has sparked allegations of police excesses.

New Delhi, 07 November 2022

As per news report of NDTV, the police claim they used "minor force" after the women started throwing stones at them and their vehicles. The video, now viral, is from Jalalpur in Uttar Pradesh's Ambedkar Nagar district. The police were acting against women protesting over the vandalism of a statue of BR Ambedkar in the area recently. The protests set off a dispute over the land on which the statue stands. A group of women was protesting at the spot on Sunday when the police arrived to disperse them. According to the police, some of the protesters started throwing stones at the cops, including a senior officer.

Source -NDTV

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