New Delhi: A 45-year-old woman was allegedly dragged and beaten up by a lower-rung police officer for ‘opposing’ a road construction work in Madhya Pradesh’s Damoh district.

After video of the incident went viral on social media, the district superintendent of police has ordered a probe into the incident allegedly involving a woman sub-inspector (SI) of police.

“I have asked Tendukheda area sub-divisional officer of police (SDOP) Ashok Chourasia to inquire into the incident.

Action will be taken accordingly as per a probe report,” said district SP Vivek Kumar Singh.

The clip of the incident, which occurred Tuesday evening, shows the SI, Savita Rajak, dragging and beating Genda Bai Lodhi (45).

According to sources in the police department, Adkheda village panchayat secretary called up the police for help after Lodhi and her son blocked road construction work, claiming that it was coming in the way of the approach road to their house.

Rajak and other police personnel arrived at the spot, around 22 km from Damoh, and tried to remove the road blockade.

According to eye-witnesses, the SI pulled Lodhi by her hair and thrashed her.

When the woman’s son Gollu tried to rescue her, police allegedly beat him up too.

When contacted, the sub-inspector said when she asked Lodhi to stop blocking the road construction work, the latter hurled stones at her.

“Had I not protected myself, I would have sustained grievous injuries,” the SI claimed.

The incident comes just a few days after another video went viral, showing a group of Haryana policemen beating a woman. Five police personnel faced action for the incident, of which the National Human Rights Commission took cognisance of also.

(With inputs from PTI)