Near Penza, a policeman received 3 years and 4 months in prison for illegally detaining and beating a local resident.
In the Penza region, a court sentenced a policeman who beat a detainee to three years and four months in a general regime colony, according to the website of the investigative department of the Investigative Committee for the region. According to investigators, on March 21, 2016, on one of the streets of the city of Serdobsk, Penza region, a local resident was detained on suspicion of appearing in a public place while intoxicated (Article 20.21 of the Administrative Code).