Police in Lucknow allegedly manhandled and thrashed a lady and her daughter whereas evicting them from their property for failing to clear mortgage money owed.
The incident, movies of which have been doing the rounds on social media, reportedly happened on Thursday and the property in query is situated close to Kakori Crossing within the metropolis.
Accompanied by personnel from Para police station, a staff of income officers reached the property owned by Seema Gupta to evict her and her daughter from the premises.
As the 2 ladies objected to it, the police used pressure to take away them.
Within the movies on-line, three ladies constables may be seen assaulting the mom and daughter. At one level, Seema loses consciousness after being slammed to the bottom during the kerfuffle.
Responding to the incident later within the day, the Lucknow police commissionerate launched a press release: “After orders of the Excessive Court docket, and on the directions of District Justice of the Peace, Lucknow, a staff of Income officers had come to the spot…for which a safety pressure from Para police station was deployed. The ladies obstructed authorities work and began quarrelling with the income division staff and the police. To regulate the scenario, the assistance of feminine constables was taken.”
Commenting on the incident, Para station home officer Shrikant Rai defended police motion and mentioned it was the 2 ladies who first assaulted police officers. “The [high] courtroom has ordered for eviction of the inhabitants from the 750 sq.ft property owned by Seema Gupta. Once we reached there, they began misbehaving with our constables. Additionally they hit our constables and bit them. The viral video on social media is one-sided. We even have a video displaying them misbehaving with us,” Rai mentioned.
Pic Cap: A seize from the viral video