Caught on Camera: Delhi traffic cop sacked for hitting woman with brick

New DelhiA Delhi Traffic Police head constable who was arrested after he was caught on camera attacking a young woman with a brick in the heart of the capital after she refused to pay a Rs200 bribehas beensackedAs the video went viral Delhi Police first hurriedly suspended Head Constable Satish Chandra and then arrested him amid mounting calls that he should be dismissed or compulsorily retired from service By late evening he was sacked from serviceThe incident occurred just after noon when 30yearold Ramandeep Kaur was returning home with her three daughters from Guru Harkrishan Public School after attending a parentsteachers meetingKaur told IANS that when she took a turn on Golf Links Road the policeman stopped her and accused her of jumping a red lightHe asked me to pay Rs200 I told him to give me a receipt but he said I will have to shell out more if I wanted a receipt He said he would settle the matter if I paid him Rs200I refused and told him to issue me a challan which I will settle in court I walked away This angered him He first kicked my scooty and when I objected he picked up a brick and hurled it at me Kaur saidThe policeman also twisted her arm causing a fractureUnknown to the policeman a motorist filmed the ugly drama The clip which went viral on news channels showed the woman grappling with the cop even after being hit to prevent him from escaping on his motorcycleA video grab of the incidentAccording to Kamal Kanth the man who shot the video the woman was riding her twowheeler with her young daughtersKamal Kanth said the policeman first demanded the womans driving license She gave him a photocopy She said she did not have the original and began walking awayHe pulled her She got angry over that and hit the policemans bike with a stone The policeman then lifted a huge brick and flung it on the womans back with force in front of her daughters including an infantAs the woman shouted for help people who gathered there overpowered the policeman said Kamal Kanth Other police personnel then reached the place and detained himPolice Commissioner BS Bassi expressed regret over the incident on behalf of the police department He said a criminal case had been filed Strict action will be taken against the head constable The constable was sacked under article 311 2b of the Indian constitutionMuktesh Chander special commissioner in charge of traffic police told IANS that the constable should not have attacked the woman whatever the provocation He had no right to misbehave with women No policeman has any right to misbehave with peopleKaur was taken to Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital where her fractured left hand was plasteredThe womans husband Gurdeep Singh told IANS that the policeman had aimed the brick at his wifes headHe said his wife was riding the scooter with their three daughters Yamini 13 Gagandeep 7 and Gurpreet four monthsThe policeman attacked my wife with a brick due to which she has received injuries on her back and hand he said I want him to be sackedThe home minister in the Delhi government Satyendra Jain said the brutal attack exposed the barbaric face of Delhi PoliceThe barbaric face of Delhi Police exposed by this act raises very serious questions about the conduct of its personnel said the Aam Aadmi Party leaderFormer Delhi Traffic Police chief Kiran Bedi said It is necessary to send the constable on compulsory retirement You cant have angry stressedout policemen on duty