EXCLUSIVE: **NO NEW YORK POST OR NEWS CORP USAGES** Story from Jam Press (Unusual Covid Punishment) Pictured: Video grab - Police officers demand a group of people balance on their heads and whipping them with canes. Police punish locals for violating Covid-19 guidelines by forcing them to balance on their heads ??" or get WHIPPED by a cane Footage has emerged of police officers punishing a group of locals for violating Covid-19 guidelines. In the shocking video, taken on 12 April in a forest at Kolhapur, India state of Maharashtra, officers can be seen demanding a group of people balance on their heads ??" and whipping them with canes. Around twenty locals kneel down next to each other in a long line as at least eight officers pace around them. Some of the police are holding canes and the locals are visibly distressed by the treatment. The officers then demand the men to balance their bodies on their head with their toes on the ground, while their hands remain crossed behind their backs. Those who lose their balance are whipped and the locals are forced to maintain the position or bear the officers' wrath. It is not known if anyone was seriously injured. ENDS Pictured: GV,General View World Rights, No Australia Rights, No Russia Rights, No United Kingdom Rights