SSP asked to submit report in 10 days

Tribune News Service

Dehradun, August 21

Vinod Prasad Raturi, secretary of the State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (SCPCR), Uttarakhand, today wrote to SSP Pushpak Jyoti to submit a report on the incident of beating up of a 14-year-old by policemen.

The SCPCR secretary has asked to submit the report within 10 days.

Sources said Sapna Thapa, a resident of Gurudwara Gali, Vikasnagar, filed a complaint after her 14-year-old son was brutally thrashed by policemen a few days ago. The complainant alleged that the policemen on a motorcycle had hit her son, Saksham Thapa, who was riding a bicycle. She alleged the policemen threatened the family members to face dire consequences.