Summary:
During the lockdown on Wednesday, Tajuddin and his aide Kuthubuddin were arrested by the police after they assaulted policemen Manjunatha and Basavaraju. On Thursday, the police shot at Tajuddin, claiming he “attacked the police in a bid to escape from police custody”. However, the video posted on social media revealed that the police constables had attacked Tajuddin. The footage shows Tajuddin standing in front of a vegetable shop and one of the constables holding him by collar and abusing him. Soumendu Mukarjee, Additional Commissioner of Police (West), told TNIE, “The video footage has come to my notice and I have asked Shashikumar (DCP- North) to verify the facts”..