Ghaziabad traffic cop beats up journalist, suspended

  • | Sunday | 5th August, 2018

“I was on my way to the police station when I saw the traffic sub-inspector. He then thrashed me in full public view,” he added.The journalist then met SSP Vaibhav Krishna and lodged a complaint against the accused sub-inspector. GHAZIABAD: A traffic sub-inspector was suspended on Saturday for allegedly beating up a journalist with a Hindi daily who had gone to him with a complaint of theft in his house.The suspension of traffic sub-inspector Dinesh Kumar was ordered by SSP Vaibhav Krishna. The journalist alleged that the suspended officer had also abused him. “I received a complaint from a journalist of a local daily that he was roughed up by traffic sub-inspector Dinesh Kumar on Saturday morning when he had approached him to report a theft,” said Krishna.

GHAZIABAD: A traffic sub-inspector was suspended on Saturday for allegedly beating up a journalist with a Hindi daily who had gone to him with a complaint of theft in his house.The suspension of traffic sub-inspector Dinesh Kumar was ordered by SSP Vaibhav Krishna. The journalist alleged that the suspended officer had also abused him. “I received a complaint from a journalist of a local daily that he was roughed up by traffic sub-inspector Dinesh Kumar on Saturday morning when he had approached him to report a theft,” said Krishna. “Based on the complaint and a preliminary investigation, the sub-inspector was suspended,” he added.The journalist, who lives in Vijay Nagar area, said he found his house burgled when he woke up on Saturday. “I was on my way to the police station when I saw the traffic sub-inspector. I told him that my house had been burgled and sought his help,” the journalist said.“He told me it was not his job and a heated argument ensued between us. He then thrashed me in full public view,” he added.The journalist then met SSP Vaibhav Krishna and lodged a complaint against the accused sub-inspector.

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