A video showing a policeman extorting money from a tourist at the world-famous Ellora Caves near here went viral on social media today, forcing the district authorities to suspend him.
The video, shot by Somayya Swami, a resident of Gulbarga in Karnataka, purportedly shows a police constable, attached to the Khultabad police station in the district, demanding Rs 400 from a tourist for parking his car at a wrong place.
The alleged incident took place yesterday.
The constable is also heard telling the vehicle owner that he would get a receipt for only Rs 200.
When the vehicle owner questions this, the policeman tells him, "Subah se dhup mey khada hun, dimag kharab na kar (I have been standing in the sun since morning, don't get on my nerves)."