India, Jan. 6 -- A man arrested for his alleged role in the assault of a woman police constable during a protest against a coal mine in Chhattisgarh's Raigarh district was cuffed, his face blackened and paraded in his undergarments by the police, sparking sharp criticism on social media after a video of the incident surfaced.

Among those who frowned at the police action was former Chhattisgarh director general of police (DGP) RK Vij. "Making the accused wear a garland of shoes and slippers, and taking him out in a procession with handcuffs, both are completely wrong," said Vij, who was a retired Indian Police Service (IPS) officer (1988 batch) and stepped down as DGP in December 2021.

Raigarh superintendent of police (SP) Divyang Patel ...