Bastrykin demanded that the head of the Voronezh department of the Investigative Committee explain the house arrest of a policeman who beat a man

The head of the Investigative Committee, Alexander Bastrykin, ordered the case of a policeman suspected of beating a drunk driver to be transferred to the main department of the Investigative Committee and demanded that a criminal case be opened against the victim. this . reports The press service of the department

The head of the Investigative Committee ordered that a case be opened against the driver under articles of insult and use of violence against a police officer (Article 318 of the Criminal Code and Article 319 of the Criminal Code).

Previously, the department of the Investigative Committee for the Voronezh region opened a case against a police officer under the article of abuse of official powers (clause “a” of part 3 of article 286 of the Criminal Code). According to investigators, on June 23, 2021, he beat a man who was in a car. Local residents claimed that the driver was drunk and caused the accident.

According to RIA Novosti, after the incident, a video appeared on the Internet in which a man sitting in a car swears at a police officer, and then hits and spits on him. The district police officer responds to this with blows. Before the conflict, the driver of the car hit several cars, the agency noted, citing posts on unnamed social networks.

Bastrykin ordered to analyze the video and give a legal assessment of the actions of both parties to the conflict. He also demanded that the head of the regional investigative committee explain the grounds for initiating a case against the policeman and the motivation for choosing a preventive measure in the form of house arrest for him.

An internal audit was ordered against the head of the Investigative Committee's department for the Voronezh region, according to a press release from the central office.