The police believe the incident took place on August 22, when the constable was on night duty and found some children lying on the road in the area. A departmental inquiry has been initiated on Tuesday against a Delhi Police constable, a day after a purported video of him beating a boy in South West Delhi’s R K Puram went viral on social media.
Additional DCP (South West) Ingit Partap Singh said the inquiry was inquiry ordered after the incident and video was brought to their attention and that disciplinary action against the staff will be initiated based on its outcome.
The police believe the incident took place on August 22, when the constable was on night duty and found some children lying on the road in the area. “He asked them to leave, but when he came back 30 minutes later, he found them lying in the same location. He then started beating a boy with a lathi (stick). A passerby recorded the incident,” a senior police officer said.
An initial investigation revealed that lower staff in the R K Puram Police Station failed to brief their seniors with all the facts and tried to mislead them by saying it was an old video.
“Additional DCP (South West) Amit Kaushik has been asked to conduct a fact-finding inquiry and take appropriate action on the basis of the findings,” an officer said.