Delhi Police caught with their pants down

New Delhi: Just few minutes after the Aam Aadmi Party made public a shocking Youtube video showing two Delhi Police constables beating a civilian, senior officers swung into action and suspended three policemen over the incident.

The accused policemen were posted at the Civil Lines police station. A departmental inquiry has been ordered into the incident which will be headed by a ACP level officer.

Delhi Police Commissioner BS Bassi reacted strongly over the incident and added that police brutality will be strictly dealt with. "We will not tolerate any such incident. We will inquire about this video," he said.

AAP dug out a 12-day old video from Youtube in which two Delhi Police officials are shown beating up a man. The video shows the constables beating the man near Lal Quila in north Delhi. The party claimed that the video also establishes that police officials indulge in corruption. In a bid to mount pressure on the Union Home Ministry to bring Delhi Police under the Delhi government's purview, the AAP released the video saying the behaviour of police officials was inhuman. AAP has asked why the Union Home Ministry, under which the Delhi Police functions, failed to check their actions.

"Not only does the video clearly shows Delhi Police's inhuman behaviour but also the urban legend of police extorting money is caught on camera. This video was shot by a vigilante near Lal Qila and will the Home Minister (Sushil Kumar Shinde), under whom Delhi Police comes, make sure that action is taken against these policemen," asked party members while releasing the video.

The Delhi Police and the AAP government are at loggerheads after some police officials refused Law Minister Somanth Bharti's demand to conduct raids to bust an alleged prostitution and drug trafficking racket at Khirki Extention in south Delhi.