Schoolboy assaulted by policeman in Dehradun, probe underway

An officer of Additional Director General of Police-rank posted at Uttarakhand Police Headquarters has been charged with serious allegations of assaulting a schoolboy and burning him with a cigarette.


ANI | Dehradun (Uttarakhand) | Updated: 12-08-2020 15:00 IST | Created: 12-08-2020 15:00 IST
Schoolboy assaulted by policeman in Dehradun, probe underway
Uttarakhand Police Headquarters [Photo/ANI]. Image Credit: ANI
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An officer of Additional Director General of Police-rank posted at Uttarakhand Police Headquarters has been charged with serious allegations of assaulting a schoolboy and burning him with a cigarette. Superintendent of Police (SP) Dehradun Sweta Choubey will be conducting a fair investigation into this matter.

"A complaint letter has also been submitted on behalf of the student and a senior police officer. SP of Dehradun city Sweta Choubey will probe the matter," State DG Law and Order Ashok Kumar told ANI. As per the letter, the victim, who is a class 11 student, is a friend of the accused police officer's daughter. On Tuesday, the accused called the boy at Bindal Police Station and assaulted him and later burnt his right hand with a cigarette.

The victim has further alleged that along with accused, four more policemen misbehaved with him. (ANI)

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