Covid-19: Karnataka cops beat cobra commando, book him for not wearing mask

BELAGAVI: Four days after a CRPF commando was arrested over an alleged altercation with the police over not wearing a mask and the photograph of him in chains and handcuffs at a Belagavi jail went viral on social media, the CRPF wrote on Monday to the Karnataka DG&IGP seeking a probe.Police sources said the incident took place on April 23 when 28-year-old Sachin Savant, part of 207 CoBRA, stepped out of the house without a mask at Examba village, in Belagavi district’s Chikkodi taluk. The FIR said Savant grew furious when a police constable asked him to wear a mask and the jawan allegedly assaulted him, forcing another constable to “resort to lathicharge”.The jawan was arrested and produced before the magistrate’s court in Chikkodi. After his arrest, the jawan was allegedly kept in chains and handcuffs at Sadalaga police station, and the photo was leaked on social media.The CRPF offered a different version and said Savant informed the policemen he was not wearing a mask since he had stepped out of his house to wash his motorcycle. He was on leave and at his hometown.