On the morning of October 4, a worker who was sleeping outside a shop in Delhi’s Model Town was brutally beaten by a gangster. The incident, which took place around 9am and was captured on CCTV, has since gone viral, raising concerns about a lack of police. present in the area.
Video footage shows a man arriving on a motorcycle. He dismounted, approached the worker sleeping outside the closed shop, examined his face, and began beating him with a stick. The attack lasted several seconds as onlookers from a nearby park looked on without intervening. The attack was stopped when a car approached the scene, prompting the attacker to flee.
The incident occurred just steps away from a police box, but the gangsters carried out the attack without fear of police intervention. The authorities’ failure to act promptly sparked public outrage.
Such violence occurred despite senior officials ordering police to patrol the area on foot, raising serious concerns about the effectiveness of local police.
