05:44, 27 September 2016

In Rostov Region, policeman suspected of beating local resident to obtain his confession

Investigators suspect a policeman of abuse of power with use of violence. The investigators believe that the suspect has beaten a resident of the farm yard Boguny of the Chertkovo District and unreasonably used a stunning device against him.

According to the Prosecutor's Office, the police inspector of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), when being engaged in the investigation into a report about stolen property in the Boguchar District of the Voronezh Region, arrived in the farm yard of Boguny of the Rostov Region and started demanding from a local resident to confess to the crime.

After the victim had refused to confess to the crime, the policeman beat him with hands and feet and used a stunning device against him, reported on September 26 the website of the Prosecutor's Office for the Rostov Region.

A criminal case has been instituted against the policeman for abuse of power, reports the Prosecutor's Office for the Rostov Region.

Full text of the article is available on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’.