WAYANAD: A complaint surfaced on Sunday alleging an inspector of manhandling a civil police officer in Wayanad’s Vythiri region.

Vythiri sub-inspector Bobby Varghese is alleged to have beaten his subordinate near Vythiri Canara Bank on Friday night. The incident happened in front of a large crowd. Some people recorded the footage and circulated it on social media. In the video, the officer is also seen hurling abuse at the civil police officer.

The inspector and his subordinate came to Vythiri after receiving a complaint about one man misbehaving with a girl. The civil police officer was in mufti and one person was also taken into custody for suspicious behaviour.

However, the man taken into custody was not the real culprit. This paved the way for an altercation and the inspector got incensed as the CPO stayed inside the vehicle and never came out even during the altercation.

It is reported that the civil police officer did not complain to higher officials about the incident. Meanwhile, the special branch has sent a report to the district police chief, strongly reprimanding the behaviour of the inspector.