The incident had taken place in October 2023 when the woman and the minor were summoned to the police station
A day after the Katni horror grabbed headlines, the victim of the horrific assault case on Thursday confirmed that she and her grandson were brutally beaten up by Railway police officers. She further stated that the assault continued for hours until 4 am.
The woman identified as Kusum Vanshkar recounted the incident and asserted that the Railway police physically abused them. She further said that she was kicked in the chest when she requested water.
“The police came to my house asking for my son. When I informed them that he was not there, they returned and summoned me to the police station. If I had known that they would beat me, I would have run away,” she was quoted as saying by Times Now.
“We begged for water, but they kicked me in the chest. They continued to assault us throughout the night. By 4 am, when they allowed us to go, my feet were so swollen that I could barely walk,” she said. The woman also informed that the police officers took their fingerprints.
She stated that the incident took an emotional toll on her grandson. “When he saw the police beating me, he started crying, and I couldn’t help but cry as well. Someone from the police said, ‘Let them go’.”
Notably, the incident had taken place in October 2023 when the woman and the minor were summoned to the police station.
6 Railway Cops Suspended
The Madhya Pradesh government on Thursday suspended six Government Railway Police (GRP) personnel including a station in-charge in connection with the beating of a woman and her grandson in Katni district.
The opposition Congress claimed that the victims were Dalits. Targeting the Mohan Yadav-led BJP government, Congress leaders staged a sit-in protest inside a police station in Katni, demanding the registration of a First Information Report (FIR) against the accused.
“An old video of the beating of GRP Katni police station cops is getting viral on social media. After I took cognizance of it, I have asked DIG Rail to go to the spot for probing the incident. As per the preliminary probe, I have ordered the suspension with immediate effect of the then GRP police station in-charge, a head constable and four constables,” Chief Minister Mohan Yadav said.
Station in-charge Aruna Vahne, head constable Ajay Shrivastava, constables Shoaib Abbasi, Salman Khan, Omkar Sirsam, and woman constable Varsha Dube were suspended, reported news agency PTI.
