Journalist thrashed, urinated upon by GRP men in UP

Government Railway Police (GRP) personnel thrashed ajournalist who was covering a train derailment near Dhimanpura in the earlyhours of Wednesday.

GRP personnel who were present on the spot, abused, kickedand beat up Amit Sharma of News 24. They snatched his camera.

   

The journalist said that the cops refused to listen to himand continued to thrash him.

“I was locked up, stripped and they urinated upon rightinto my mouth,” Sharma said.

Several scribes rushed to the police station on learningabout the incident and put the video footage of cops beating up Amit Sharma onthe social media. The journalists also contacted senior officials at the policeheadquarters.

Station House Officer Rakesh Kumar and GRP constable SunilKumar have been suspended and a probe has been ordered into the incident.

The journalist was later released. Shamli’s Senior Superintendent of Police AjayKumar Pandey said that the senior officials had been apprised of the incidentwhich was “unfortunate” and strict action would be taken against theaccused.

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