Police officer caught in a brawl over rat carcass (Video)

A police officer on duty for highway patrol was seen fighting with some bystanders, apparently over a dead rat.

According to reports, the police officer, identified as "Abodwese," tried to grab the carcass from a group of young men returning from hunting in Kumawu in the Ashanti Region.

However, the young men protested, which led to the altercation.

An eyewitness, Nana Sarpong, who narrated the incident to Luv News, explained that when the young men refused to hand over the dead animal to the officer, he fired a warning shot.

“After firing warning shots, the officer used the butt of the gun to hit one of the men,” he claimed.

A video obtained by Luv News shows one of the men holding the officer by the neck as others tag along.

Two other police officers are heard telling the men to stop the struggle.

They intervened by taking the rifle from their colleague officer.

But the officer continued to be held by his uniform as his colleagues walked away.

The young men have since been arrested by police.

Luv News sources say police at Effiduase have commenced investigations into the matter.