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Telangana Constable Suspended After Viral Video Shows Assault on Wife Holding Child

Police registered an FIR under the SC/ST Act following the wife's complaint.

Overview

  • Ramagundam Police Commissioner Amber Kishore Jha ordered the suspension of constable D Ravi Prasad, who is attached to the Mancherial town police station.
  • Mancherial police registered a case under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, with local reporting indicating dowry harassment sections were also invoked.
  • The incident was recorded Sunday night in Reddy Colony and shows the constable apparently intoxicated as he drags his wife outside while a toddler cries.
  • The victim, identified as Shirisha, works with the Telangana State Special Police 13th Battalion and filed the complaint that initiated the probe.
  • The video’s circulation has embarrassed the department, and authorities are examining the footage and statements, with the wife alleging she and her child were barred from re-entering the home.