Viral video shows home guard assaulting the women
“The incident reported at Hafeezpet Railway Station was enquired into, and the personnel concerned was identified as home guard of Telangana State Police deputed for duty at Hafeezpet Railway Station.
HYDERABAD: A Telangana State Police home guard deputed to the Railway Protection Force has been arrested after a video showing him allegedly assaulting a woman and dragging her by her hair outside Hafeezpet Railway Station in Hyderabad went viral, officials said Saturday. Cyberabad Police Commissioner Ramesh identified the home guard as Anand and said he had been taken into custody. Releasing a video statement, Cyberabad CP Ramesh said Anand was arrested in connection with the assault on the woman at the railway station. Similarly, he has been removed from the rolls of the home guard; his name will be struck off,” Cyberabad CP Ramesh said. South Central Railway, in a post on X, said the incident was enquired into and the personnel involved was identified as a home guard of Telangana State Police deputed for duty at Hafeezpet Railway Station.
“In connection with an assault on a woman at a railway station in Hyderabad, one home guard who is working with the Railway Protection Force, Anand, has been arrested and taken into custody. “We do not tolerate any such instances of violence against women, crime against women. Telangana Police follows a strict policy of zero tolerance for crime against women,” he added.
He will be produced before the Magistrate for judicial remand.