Asked to wear helmets, policemen thrash Assam journalist
The Hindu
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The Assam police have “reserve closed” two policemen for thrashing a scribe who had questioned them for not wearing helmets while riding a motorcycle in western Assam’s Chirang district on February 7.The force has also directed all personnel to follow road safety norms while on duty.
Jayanta Debnath, a 47-year-old local reporter was hospitalised after the two motorcycle-borne policemen beat him up. The incident happened in Basugaon, about 200 km west of Guwahati.He said the police personnel pounced on him after he asked them why they were not wearing helmets. “Civilians are fined for not wearing helmets. So, I asked why they were not wearing one. They assaulted me after hurling abuses,” he said.
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