Cops beat elderly vendor for not paying 'bhatta'

An elderly vendor, who was brutally tortured by police in Saddar area, has exposed the reality of police road inspection as a bid to extort money from street vendors.

A video of the conversation recorded by a citizen on mobile phone, between the pushcart puller, who sells used jeans on his cart, has gone viral on social media.

In the video, the elderly man explains the reason behind the police brutality. He said, "the cops extort Rs50 to Rs100 from me daily. I didn't sell anything on th e day of the incident, so I apologised, but they started beating me instead. Their worth is just Rs50."

Citizens present at the scene were also seen condemning this incident of police brutality in strong words.

SSP South also remained unaware of the performance of the Saddar police.

However, in a statement issued by him on Wednesday, it was mentioned that a cart puller was allegedly tortured by some police personnel during a road inspection in Saddar.