Hyderabad, Sept. 19 -- A police officer who was seen dragging a woman by her hair outside the Hafeezpet Railway Station has been arrested, Cyberabad Police Commissioner Dr M Ramesh said on Saturday, September 19.

The officer, identified as Home Guard Anand, has been booked under sections 74 (assault or the use of criminal force against a woman with the intent to outrage her modesty) and 118 (1) (voluntarily causing hurt) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).

He will be produced before a magistrate for judicial remand. He has also been removed from the post of a home guard, the CP added.

This action came after a video of Anand assaulting the woman went viral on social media, sparking outrage among the public. The woman, reportedly a dru...