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It was only in the movies that we saw the insides of alock-up, where the officer brutally assaults a, but now after two videos of Subramanyanagar police personnel beating up an accused inside thewent viral on Thursday, the public got to witness it in reality.Yeshwant, was arrested in May after the victim filed a complaint against him for sexually harassment. In the first video, the sub-inspector attached to Subramanyanagara police station, Sreekante Gowda was seen hitting the accused, Yeshwant whose legs were tied with ropes. He was being hit on the soles of his feet with a lathi. In the other video, the sub-inspector was seen hitting his feet with a hockey stick.The accused, Yeshwant was working as an AC technician in World Trade Center and was arrested by the Subramanyanagar police after the victim filed a complaint against him on May 10.Deputy Commissioner of Police (North), N Sashikumar told the media that the accused was harassing the victim and even after she quit her job, he continued to harass her and even threatened to rape her if she did not agree to marry him. He said that the accused misbehaved with the police and even threatened to throw acid on her after getting out of prison. “I have asked the ACP Malleshwaram to investigate the matter and file a report. Based on that we will decide on what action to take against the SI, Sreekante Gowda,” he said.The incident was brought to the notice of city police commissioner, Bhaskar Rao’s during his interaction programme at Vijaya Karnataka on Thursday, when he ordered the suspension of the sub-inspector.