{"id":465691,"date":"2023-04-17T16:36:16","date_gmt":"2023-04-17T11:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/?p=465691"},"modified":"2023-04-17T17:10:17","modified_gmt":"2023-04-17T11:40:17","slug":"kerala-police-viral-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/trending\/kerala-police-viral-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Drunk Kerala police officer verbally abuses elderly woman, her son in viral video, suspended | WATCH"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A senior officer of the Kerala Police was suspended on Monday after a video of him verbally abusing and misbehaving with an elderly woman and her son surfaced on social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to reports, the cop, identified as K Smitesh, the Station House Officer (SHO) of Dharmadam police station in Kerala\u2019s Kannur misbehaved with an elderly woman and her son, while she was visiting the station to bail out her older son, Anil Kumar, who was detained by the cops for drunk driving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the video which is being widely shared and viewed on social media platforms, the police officer, who was allegedly drunk at the time, is seen hurling verbal abuses at the woman and her son and then proceeds to smash the window of the vehicle she arrived.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read Also<\/strong>:<a href=\"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/top-news\/mamata-banerjee-amit-shah-resignation\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/top-news\/mamata-banerjee-amit-shah-resignation\/\"> Mamata Banerjee demands Amit Shah\u2019s resignation after his Trinamool Congress will collapse by 2025 remark<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Watch the video here:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"https:\/\/d2r2ijn7njrktv.cloudfront.net\/apnlive\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17163543\/kerala-police-viral-video.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Following the incident, the woman\u2019s family filed a complaint with the Kannur district police chief wherein they alleged that the officer not only verbally abused the elderly mother but also physically pushed her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Based on the complaint, the Kerala Police launched an internal inquiry into the incident as a result of which the SHO was suspended from duty, pending further investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a similar incident, a traffic policeman in Uttar Pradesh\u2019s Ghaziabad was suspended after a video of him misbehaving with girls, while allegedly drunk, went viral earlier this month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As per reports, the incident took place in Ghaziabad&#8217;s Dasna area, when traffic police constable Yogendra Singh, allegedly drunk while on duty, reportedly misbehaved with girls in an inebriated condition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A video of the traffic cop\u2019s misdemeanor with the three girls was widely shared and viewed on social media websites and sparked outrage among users who demanded his suspension from duties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After the video went viral, the Uttar Pradesh Police took cognizance of the traffic cop\u2019s misbehavior and suspended him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/latest-news\/security-lapse-navjot-singh-sidhu-house\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/latest-news\/security-lapse-navjot-singh-sidhu-house\/\">Security lapse at Navjot Singh Sidhu\u2019s Patiala home, says it will not deter him from raising his voice against Punjab<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/india-news\/bengal-teachers-recruitment-scam-supreme-court\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/india-news\/bengal-teachers-recruitment-scam-supreme-court\/\">Bengal teachers\u2019 recruitment scam: Supreme Court stays Calcutta HC order on filing cases against CBI, ED officers; 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