Two community police assistants in the Juabeng Municipality of Ashanti Region have been beaten to pulp for allegedly defrauding some persons believed to be drug users.
The two victims, known only as Owuraku, 26, and Exhibit, 33, have since been hospitalized at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital and the Juaben Hospital, respectively.
In a viral video, the attackers, numbering about ten, are seen in the video assaulting the two at different locations.
Two of the attackers wielded clubs, which they used to hit the head of one of the victims.
It took the intervention of some residents to save one of the victims from being hit with a stone.
alleged to have taken GH1,000 from the attackers to help them secure bail for a friend in custody.
“The police in the area had arrested a friend of those you saw in the video for dealing in some illicit drugs." "The two are said to have taken Gh1,000 from the gang under the guise of giving it to the commander for the release of their friend,” said Ransford Osei, Assemblyman for Juaben.
“After failing to release the suspect into custody, it was discovered the victims failed to deliver the money to their superiors,” the assembly member added.
Meanwhile, six people have been arrested by police in the area for further investigation.
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