Kannur: A police officer, reportedly in an inebriated condition, allegedly misbehaved with an elderly woman, who reached the police station to get her son released on bail, shouted at her, and pushed her down onto the ground.
A complaint has now been lodged in this regard against K Smitesh, SHO of the Dharmadam Police Station, with the Commissioner, Kannur City police.
As per the complaint, the Station House officer of Dharmadam in Kannur screamed at the woman and even broke the window pane of a vehicle in which the complainant was travelling.
The police had taken the complainant’s son, Anil Kumar, into custody on charges of drunken driving. The complainant and her other son had reached the police station to get Anil Kumar released on bail.
Meanwhile, the police have suspended the accused official from service pending further investigation.
Video footage of the episode, which played out on the Dharmadam police station premises on Saturday night, has now emerged in the public domain. In it the accused SHO, in plain clothes, is seen shouting at the woman, who was sitting on the floor. Her son, meanwhile, is heard suggesting to other police officials at the spot that his mother was a heart patient and that it was so difficult to make her stand up.
As per the video, the accused official is seen asking the woman to 'get lost’ even as her son sought to question him. The SHO, however, continues to shout at them, repeatedly asking them to 'get lost’.
At the same time, the complainant’s son is heard explaining to women cops at the station the difficulties faced by his mother.
It is learned that Smitesh was drunk when the incident took place. The Special Branch is learned to have submitted a report against the accused official.
