Home guard slaps and drags woman by hair, arrested in Hyderabad

A home guard was terminated and arrested for assaulting a woman near Hafeezpet railway station

HYDERABAD: A home guard attached to the railway police was terminated from service by Cyberabad police commissioner M Ramesh on Saturday after he was found assaulting a woman near Hafeezpet railway station.Police also booked him in a criminal case and subsequently arrested him.The incident came to light after a video showing 36-year-old Kadiga Anand attacking the woman was circulated on social media.Director general of police CV Anand took note of the video and directed the Cyberabad police authorities to take action against the home guard.In the video, Kadiga Anand, who was in uniform, is seen repeatedly slapping the woman, grabbing her by the hair and dragging her before assaulting her in public.“On Friday evening, an incident was reported at Hafeezpet railway station wherein a Home Guard allegedly misbehaved with a woman, caught hold of her hair and dragged her. Taking cognisance of the incident, Miyapur police registered a suo motu case and apprehended the accused home guard,” Cyberabad police said.Police were in the process of producing the accused before a local magistrate.In a video statement, commissioner Ramesh said crimes against women would be taken seriously and that there would be “zero tolerance” for such acts.