The Bengal government on Monday sent Alipurduar district magistrate Nikhil Nirmal on leave for 10 days after a purported video of him and his wife allegedly beating up a youth inside a police station went viral. “I had no idea Nandini Krishnan is the district magistrate’s wife. But the DM and his wife beat me up in front of police officers,” Binod, in his early thirties, said while being led to a court on Monday. The purported video shows Nirmal allegedly hitting Binod repeatedly, and Nandini slapping and kicking him. On Monday, Binod’s parents went to the Falakata police station to file a complaint against the DM and his wife.

Source: The Telegraph January 07, 2019 20:26 UTC