Uttar Pradesh cop thrashes man carrying child in his arms, suspended
Kanpur (UP) (PTI): A Station House Officer (SHO) of the Uttar Pradesh Police was suspended on Friday after a purported video surfaced on social media showing him cane-charging a youth while he was holding a child in his arms.
The incident took place outside the district hospital in Akbarpur where the hospital's fourth class employees staged a dharna by putting locks on the OPD on Thursday, Kanpur Dehat SP Keshav Kumar Choudhary said.
However, police said the protesters led by Rajnish Shukla, who is seen being beaten up in the video, forcibly took the doctors and patients out of the OPD.
After getting information about the chaos, Akbarpur Police led by Sub-Divisional Officer Vagish Kumar, Circle Officer Arun Kumar, and SHO Vinod Kumar Mishra reached the spot and tried to persuade the demonstrators to end their dharna and prevent them hindering in government work, the SP said.
Shukla even bit SHO Mishra's thumb and manhandle him, after which the policeman beat him with a cane, SP Choudhary claimed.
In the video that went viral on Thursday, the man can be heard shouting "Bacche ko lag jayega" (the child will get hurt).
The action was taken against SHO Mishra after intervention of Additional DG (Kanpur Zone), Bhanu Bhaskar, who instructed the district officials to conduct a proper inquiry.
Police said the SHO has been suspended with immediate effect so that the incident can be probed in an unbiased manner.
Additional SP (Kanpur Dehat), Ghanshyam, has been asked to conduct the inquiry into the matter and submit his report, the SP said.
According to police, a couple of FIRs have been lodged against Shukla and dozens others on charges of assaulting officials and obstructing them from discharging official duties.
Earlier too, a criminal case was registered against Shukla on charges of robbery and assault, the SP said.
Meanwhile, the Congress, Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) took to Twitter to condemn the incident.
"Uttar Pradesh under @myogiadityanath: #1 in Human Rights Violations" Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandi Vadra said in her tweet with hashtag #HumanRightsDay.
"Did policemen not hear the scream of this father, who is saying that child will get hurt. In this regime, officers have become out of control and are lodging cases on their whims and cane-charge whosoever they want. This dictatorship cannot be tolerated," BSP general secretary Mishra said in a tweet in Hindi.
"Lathicharge on a father carrying a child, there is 'damdar' (powerful) government in UP. In Kanpur the video of brutal beating of a father and his child is heart wrenching picture of Chief Minister's 'jungleraj'. The guilty policeman should be punished and case should be lodged against them," the Samajwadi Party wrote on its official Twitter handle.
Shocking scenes in UP.The @kanpurdehatpol raining lathis on a man with a child and then even trying to snatch the wailing kid.Cops claim man-a govt district hospital employee -is a‘regular nuisance maker’and bit the hand of a cop.Even if true, why such barbarism ? pic.twitter.com/dkGns5aA8S
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Real Madrid fines Valverde and Tchouaméni half a million euros each for altercation
Barcelona (AP): Real Madrid slapped players Federico Valverde and Aurélien Tchouaméni with half-a-million-euro ($588,000) fines on Friday for their altercation during practice.
The massive fines came a day after the midfielders tussled when the team trained. Valverde said in a post on social media on Thursday that no punches were thrown. But Valverde knocked his head on a table and he suffered a small cut that required a brief hospital visit.
On social media, Valverde initially called it a “meaningless fight” with a teammate and said “everything has been blown out of proportion."
His employers, however, considered it a significant enough breach of team discipline to nail both Valverde and Tchouaméni with fines that bite even the bank account of a top soccer player. The half-a-million euro penalties reflect the reputational damage the club was enduring in a chaotic end to a disappointing season.
In a statement, the 15-time European champion said its disciplinary action was concluded after both players expressed to the club “their complete remorse for what happened and apologized to one another.”
Madrid added they also apologized to their teammates, the coaching staff and club supporters, as well as showing their willingness to accept whatever disciplinary action the club deemed “opportune.”
Tchouaméni was back training with Madrid on Friday, two days before they play at Barcelona in a clasico. Madrid has to win otherwise Barcelona will be crowned La Liga champion.
After being notified of the fine, he posted a public apology to the club and its fans on social media.
“What happened this week in training is unacceptable,” Tchouaméni wrote. "I say this while thinking about the example we are expected to set for young people, whether in football or at school.
“Above all, I am sorry for the image we projected of the club.”
Valverde was not at practice due to the head knock.
Both players are set to play in the World Cup next month, with Tchouaméni playing for France and Valverde for Uruguay.
Chaotic end to a poor season
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The run-in between the players, who for seasons have played side by side in Madrid's midfield, came after they argued this week in previous training sessions. But tempers boiled over on Thursday. Spanish media was rife with reports that the players previously disagreed over the club's decision to let coach Xabi Alonso go after just months on the job.
It was not the only altercation involving Madrid players during training this week. Álvaro Carreras confirmed he was in a “minor” incident with a teammate. Spanish media said he and fellow defender Antonio Rüdiger got into a scuffle.
Álvaro Arbeloa, the coach who was promoted from Madrid's reserve team when Alonso was fired in January, will face tough questions on what went wrong inside the changing room when he gives a press conference on Saturday ahead of the clasico at Camp Nou.
Madrid is facing a second consecutive campaign without a major trophy amid rumors in the Spanish media that club president Florentino Pérez is considering bringing back Jose Mourinho to straighten out his underperforming team.
