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Raipur: In a shocking case of police brutality, a cop has been arrested on Saturday for allegedly inflicting burns on a one and half-year-old girl with a cigarette butt and thrashing her mother in Chhattisgarh’s Balod district.
Constable Avinash Rai, who was absconding after committing the crime on Thursday night, was apprehended this morning from Bhilai town of neighbouring Durg district, reported PTI.
During his posting in Balod district, the accused used to live in the victims’ house in Sivni locality under Balod police station area and was transferred to Durg a month ago, Balod superintendent of police Jitendra Singh Meena said.
Chhattisgarh: A police personnel arrested for allegedly burning a one-year-old girl with cigarettes in Balod district.
"A complaint was lodged by the victim's mother against the accused, after which a case was registered. Further investigation is on," say police pic.twitter.com/mLc3w1rHA8
— ANI (@ANI) October 31, 2020
The accused had lent some money to the woman whose husband lives in Nagpur, and on October 24, he went to her place to collect the amount and continued to stay there, Meena said.
On Thursday night, Rai allegedly forced the toddler to call him “papa” and when she did not respond, he inflicted multiple burns on her face, stomach and hands with cigarette butts, he said.
The accused also allegedly thrashed and abused the woman before fleeing from the scene, he said.
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