On video: UP cops rain lathis on a man with child in arms, later claim 'light force'

In yet another display of UP police brutality and insensitivity, some cops have been caught on camera thrashing a man carrying a child in his arms.

In the video that has gone viral on social media Kanpur cops can be seen raining lathis on a man.

The incident happened at the district hospital in Kanpur Dehat's Akbarpur town on Thursday afternoon.

In the video clip, an inspector from the local police station - is first seen thrashing the man with sticks. Later a second policeman is seen trying to violently yank the child out of the victim's arms as the child wails.

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The victim can be heard heard pleading with the cops not to hurt the child, but cops continue beating the man and some of them even try to snatch the child away.

Cops claimed that the man is a regular nuisance maker and had attacked a policeman.

In a shocking statement that appeared to justify the behaviour of the policemen, a senior police official in Kanpur Dehat said on record that 'light force' was used and that the police actually tried to protect the child.