Overview

• Eleven Police Response Vehicle officers were suspended on July 15 after an ADCP South inquiry found them guilty of extorting ₹10,000 from cattle trader Mohammad Uzair and his driver.
• The officers from PRV units 7058, 7055 and 6504 had demanded ₹500 per cop and assaulted the victims when they refused to pay during a highway patrol near Barra Flyover.
• A video of the July 12 incident recorded by the victims went viral and spurred senior officials to open the preliminary probe.
• An Assistant Commissioner of Police is now heading a comprehensive departmental inquiry to assess the misconduct and failures in PRV oversight.
• An FIR charging Uzair and his driver with animal cruelty has raised concerns over the criminalization of victims in policing disputes.