GHAZIABAD, Oct. 23 -- A constable of the Government Railway Police (GRP) has been removed from active duty after a video clip showed him beating a 15-year-old boy at the Ghaziabad railway station, a senior police officer said on Friday.

Ashutosh Shukla, superintendent of police at GRP (Moradabad), said the constable seen in the video clip has been transferred to police lines and an inquiry has been ordered into the entire episode.

The video, possibly filmed by a passenger, shows a uniformed man repeatedly hitting a teenager with a stick inside the GRP police station at Ghaziabad station's platform No. 3.

HT could not independently verify the authenticity of the clip.

Shukla told HT that the incident took place late Thursday night. The...