Hyderabad, April 13 -- A hawker was brutally beaten and forced to clean toilets at Khairatabad Police Station after being summoned for questioning.

The incident occurred on Saturday, April 12. The hawker, Abdul Rahman, a resident of Punjagutta, was conducting his business at Necklace Road when he had an argument with an ice vendor a day earlier.

The police called him to the station on Saturday for questioning. When Rahman arrived, a group of officers allegedly tied his hands and legs with a rope.

He was then beaten inside the police station. "The inspector kicked me in the face, causing an eye injury and bleeding from my ears. I was forced to clean the toilets in the police station," Abdul Rahman told reporters at Osmania General Hospi...