The duo additionally lodged an FIR towards the policemen of the Kalavad police station. (Representational)
Jamnagar:
A father-son duo was allegedly thrashed inside a police station for not sporting masks in Gujarat’s Jamnagar, prompting authorities to droop 4 policemen, mentioned officers on Thursday.
A head constable and three constables had been suspended following the alleged incident, they mentioned.
On the opposite hand, the duo, Ghanshyam Udeshi and his son Nishant, who’re hospitalised, had been booked for allegedly assaulting policemen, mentioned the officers.
The alleged incident occurred inside a police station in Kalavad city of Jamnagar district on Tuesday.
It got here shut on the heels of custodial loss of life of a father-son duo in Tamil Nadu following alleged torture by policemen inside a police station.
“I have already ordered suspension of one head constable and three constables involved in the incident. The father-son duo is in the hospital. An FIR has been lodged against them,” mentioned Jamnagar District Superintendent of Police Sharad Singhal.
The Udeshis had been booked underneath IPC sections 186 (obstructing public servant), 332 (inflicting harm to public servant), 353 (use of drive towards public servant) and 506-2 (prison intimidation), police mentioned.
The duo additionally lodged an FIR towards the policemen of the Kalavad police station.
It is alleged that police noticed Nishant Udeshi sitting in his store on Tuesday with out sporting a masks, a violation of coronavirus pointers and punishable offence.
After some arguments, policemen took each Nishant Udeshi and his father to the police station and allegedly thrashed them, the victims have claimed of their criticism.
In the counter FIR towards the duo, police claimed that each of them attacked policemen for doing their obligation and even broken a pc.
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