KALYAN: A video showing a senior police inspector thrashing a youth and abusing his female friend in Ulhasnagar has gone viral on social media on Sunday. The video shows the senior inspector hitting the youth with his hands and kicking him in public view as a constable stands by. The video shows the inspector abusing the girl. The inspector told TOI that he had not beaten up the youth. He insisted that the video is fake. Residents of Prabhag Nagar in Ulhasnagar had complained at Hill Line police station that couples had been frequenting their locality and indulging in obscene acts over the last few days. On Saturday, a few residents had taken out a morcha to the police station to protest about the issue, said a police official. Senior inspector Mohan Waghmare along with a police constable visited the spot and found a young couple (seen in the video) seated in an empty autorickshaw parked in the locality. Waghmare asked the young couple to step out of the vehicle. After asking him a couple of questions, Waghmare is seen beating up the youth. The inspector is seen holding a beer bottle while beating up the youth. Waghmare told TOI that he picked up the beer bottle that was lying around. The video also shows Waghmare using expletives while speaking to the girl, make a reference to her parents. The petrified girl pleads of Waghmare, telling him that the youth is just a friend of hers and asks him to let go of them but Waghmare continues to beat the youth. After much pleading, he lets off the couple with a stern warning not to hang around the locality again. It is not clear as to who shot the video or circulated it on social media. Waghmare told TOI , that he visited the spot after residents led a march to the police station. “We found this couple in the auto, indulging in obscene acts. I did not beat the youth. The video circulated on social media is doctored,”said Waghmare. While a resident said he supported the action, another said the police should have only warned the youngsters.