Delhi Police brutally beat up auto driver and his son on the street | Video

New Delhi: A video went viral of Delhi Police brutally thrashing a Sikh auto-rickshaw driver and his son outside Mukherjee Nagar police station on Sunday.

In the alleged video Delhi Police could be see beating the auto driver with a stick and kicking him in the face, while, his son pleading with the police officer not to beat up his father.

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The incident was recorded by several passersby on their camera and shared it on social media. The video shows the driver threatening the policeman with a sword and injuring him when he tried to catch it. In retaliation, the cops thrash and beat the driver with a stick and kicked him.

The video went viral intently, thus attracting Sikhs in massive numbers came to protest against the policemen’s’ behaviour.

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#horrible act of #DelhiPolice . A bunch of cowards and merciless cops.. took so many of them to pin down one Sikh.. they should be lashed in public @mssirsa @ArvindKejriwal pic.twitter.com/JmCi4n5Epq

— Gurminder Singh (@Gurminders) June 17, 2019

Courtesy Twitter User Gurminder Singh

In its support Delhi Police said: "The alleged incident followed an accident caused by a Gramin Sewa tempo to a police vehicle. Thereafter, a police officer was also assaulted on the head by the tempo driver with a sword. Further, the tempo was driven dangerously and caused injuries to a policeman in the leg”.

Condemning the ‘shameful’ incident, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Monday took to his twitter handle where he wrote: “Shameful incident of @DelhiPolice ruthlessly beating up Sarabjeet Singh & Balwant Singh over a petty issue. Request HM @AmitShah to ensure justice”.

The Punjab CM has also sought Union Home Minister Amit Shah's intervention in the matter.

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