ASI whose son was caught beating woman suspended

New Delhi: The Delhi police on Monday suspended an assistant sub-inspector whose son was seen brutally thrashing a woman in a video which went viral on social media.

Ashok Kumar Tomar, who was posted in central district, was suspended for allegedly threatening the family of the victim, the police said.

Rohit Tomar, the 21-year-old son of the policeman, Ali Hasan, the owner of the call centre where the incident happened, and Rajesh, a peon who worked there and shot the video, have been taken into police custody for questioning in connection with the case filed at the Uttam Nagar police station.

Rohit was arrested on Friday after Union home minister Rajnath Singh directed Delhi police commissioner Amulya Patnaik to take necessary action in the matter. The Delhi Commission for Women has issued a notice to the city police in this regard.

Two cases were registered against the main accused — one of criminal intimidation and molestation and the other of rape — based on complaints of two women, the police said.

The first case was registered on Thursday at the Tilak Nagar police station in West Delhi following a complaint by Tomar’s woman friend alleging that he showed her a video in which he could be seen thrashing a woman, police said.

Tomar allegedly threatened her with the same kind of treatment if she did not follow his instructions. The second case was registered at the Uttam Nagar police station after another woman, who was seen in the video, approached the police on Friday alleging that on September 2, Tomar had called her to his friend’s office in Uttam Nagar and raped her. In the video, Tomar is seen thrashing the woman when she threatened to file a police complaint against him.