Kumasi, Nov 28, – The Police
Intelligence and Professional Standards Department (PIPS) has begun
investigation into alleged savage beating of some students of the Kwame Nkrumah
University of Science and Technology (KNUST) by police officers.
The officers had been captured on
video footage brutalizing the students after arresting them for rioting and
causing damage to vehicles at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium.
A press statement signed by
Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Juliana Obeng, the Ashanti Regional
Public Relations Officer, said they found the conduct tasteless and
unprofessional.
It added that the police
administration would not shield anybody found to have acted wrongly in the
discharge of their duties.
The statement appealed to the
victims and those who witnessed the incident to assist in the investigation.
Some students from two halls of
the university – Katanga and Unity, had clashed during the “LUV FM Old School’s
Reunion” at the Baba Yara Stadium – hurling stones, blocked roads and damaged
vehicles on Saturday, November 25, and the police had been sent in to restore
calm.
GNA
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