In a yet another instance of police excesses, a youth lost his vision in one eye after allegedly being beaten up by a Constable for not wearing a helmet at Baripada on Wednesday.
Sipu Das of Baripada fell sick and rushed to Station Bazaar to get medicines without wearing helmet. On his way back, policemen deployed for vehicle checking intercepted him near the Palbani by-pass.
When he was about to park his motorcycle, a Constable of Reserve Police started hitting him with a lathi. Sipu was hit in her right eye with the stick that led to severe bleeding.
Seeing the injury, the cops released him from the spot. After reaching his house when his eye swelled and the pain worsened, Sipu’s family admitted him to the PRM Medical College Hospital here. Reportedly, the pupil of the eye was damaged.
After the news surfaced, district SP Smit P Parmar took up the matter seriously and assured to take stringent action against the guilty.
