Punjab: 2 cops suspended for beating up woman in public

March 05, 2013 08:34

CNN-IBN reports: Two Punjab policemen in Taran Taran have been suspended for slapping and beating up a woman in full public view. The police beat up the young woman and her father after she went to them with a complaint of sexual harassment.

The visuals showed the woman being manhandled by two policemen. The woman alleged she was sexually harassed by truck drivers.

When her family confronted them, policemen nearby allegedly took the side of the truckers.

"My father and brother went to talk to the truck drivers who were harassing me. The policemen standing there asked what was happening. Once they learned what happened they took the drivers' side and started beating us," the woman alleged.

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