MARGAO: A woman has alleged that Colva PSI Vibhinav Shirodkar brutally assaulted her and her husband, after their motorcycle collided with a truck at Utorda on June 19. Her husband and his friend who were travelling on a two wheeler met with an accident with a truck. While they left for home after compromise with the truck driver. The truck driver called them back to the spot, after which the brutal assault by two policemen took place.

Narrating the harrowing assault, the woman’s lawyer Stanley Rodrigues said the duo accompanied by the wife on another scooter reached the spot where the husband was beaten unconscious. Later the two policemen assaulted the woman with the baseball bat and the woman was asked to lick the PSIs boots.

The incident took place in the jurisdiction of the Verna Police station.  While the husband was admitted to the South Goa District Hospital, the woman was not given any medical attention.  Instead she was taken to Verna Police station and arrested and put in the lock up.

Benaulim MLA Venzy Viegas met South Goa Superintendent of Police Sunita Sawant and demanded that the PSI be immediately suspended. He also said the matter has been reported to Goa Governor. The woman filed a police complaint before the Margao Town Police on Tuesday.