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Twitterstorm Erupts as Indian Cops Thrash Rickshaw-Puller on Railway Platform (Video)

© AP Photo / Saurabh DasAn Indian police officer prepares to close one of the gates at Tihar Jail, the largest complex of prisons in South Asia, in New Delhi, India, Monday, March 11, 2013
An Indian police officer prepares to close one of the gates at Tihar Jail, the largest complex of prisons in South Asia, in New Delhi, India, Monday, March 11, 2013 - Sputnik International
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New Delhi (Sputnik): A section of the people on social media seemed up in arms after a video clip surfaced of an elderly rickshaw-puller being beaten by police at a railway platform in India’s Jalandhar city.

The man was trying to help a differently abled passenger to board a train.

Shared by Indian politician Manjinder Singh Sirsa, the video shows the man bringing a rickshaw onto a railway platform when policemen start assaulting him, unmindful of his ripe age.

"I demand strict action against the cops who kept their humanity aside and misused their position", Sirsa wrote in his tweet.

​As the video spread like a wildfire on social media, a section of furious netizens questioned the police’s harsh treatment of an elderly the rickshaw-puller.

However, another section of users supported the police officials, arguing that no matter what the case was, the man shouldn’t have brought his rickshaw onto the platform, which is against the law.

Meanwhile, as the news of the incident spread, Punjab Police were quick to take cognisance of the matter and tweeted back to Sirsa, assuring that a necessary inquiry against the accused policemen has been initiated.

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