Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP) on Sunday suspended a police constable for allegedly beating up a street child for stealing a gas lighter.
The suspended police was identified as Md Shawkat, a constable of CMP traffic division.
The incident took place around 11am on Sunday at a shop near the police box in Tiger Pass area under Kotwali police station of the city.
Chattogram Metropolitan Police Commissioner Krishna Pada Roy came to know about the incident after a 30-second video footage of the incident went viral on social media. Later, the CMP commissioner ordered the suspension of the policeman.
Earlier, in the video that went viral on social media, that constable Shawkat was seen entering the shop and slapping the child randomly. At that time, he had a cigarette in his mouth.
Journalist Abu Sayed Mohammad Tamanna told UNB, "I saw a teenager being beaten up by a policeman for stealing a gas light. If I hadn't protested, he would have killed the boy. The police should be humane.”
