: The minor son of an Indian Army Colonel has claimed that he was thrashed by two Delhi Police officers manning the Dhaula Kuan stretch of a VIP route for Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday evening.

Col. Kunal Sinha, father of the 16-year-old boy, said his son was going for his basketball practice when the incident happened.

“He was waiting for the vehicle, which takes him to his coaching centre in Dhaula Kuan when a constable started questioning his presence. The boy insisted that it was his routine, and that he should not be treated like that," said Col. Sinha.

"The constable, however, dragged him by the collar and started slapping him on the face and back. The boy approached an inspector nearby who, too, joined the constable in assaulting him. They also dragged him inside a police post and assaulted him during which his phone was also damaged,” he added.

Help arrived in the form of a young woman who spotted blood coming out of the boy’s mouth and helped him contact his family.

‘Cops pressured us to

withdraw complaint’

“But when we reached the police station, the policemen there started putting pressure on us to withdraw the complaint citing the PM’s involvement. Even after repeated appeals to lodge a complaint, we could not get a case registered. Now I am emailing the complaint to the DCP, and I hope that he takes cognisance,” Col. Sinha told The Hindu over phone.

‘Boy misbehaved’

Joint Commissioner of Police (South Western Range) Deependra Pathak, however, said the boy had misbehaved with the constable and that he was present on a route where the PM’s convoy was scheduled to pass by.

The accused constable has been sent to the district lines, said a senior police officer.