An Egyptian citizen has claimed he was tortured by military police in Qalyubiya Governorate three days ago.
The citizen, Mohamed Barakat, posted the accusation on Monday on the Facebook page of the Nadeem Center for Rehabilitation of Victims of Violence.
The center said the incident raises questions about human rights during Egypt's military-run transitional period and demanded that the claim be investigated.
Barakat works at an oil station in Banha, according to the Facebook post. The post says military police tried to bypass a queue of customers in order to fuel their vehicle there, and assaulted the station workers who rejected their behavior.
The officers were made to wait their turn, Barakat said, but came back hours later to attack three workers before taking them to a military camp.
Barakat said he and his colleagues spent the whole night being tortured.
"They stripped me of my clothes, hung me from the ceiling overnight, and beat me on several parts of my body."
He said officers forced him to sign a pledge that he would not bother the officer with whom he had the dispute, and solve the problem through informal means.
"They broke my colleague's hand, and when he complained to their commander, he told him he should be grateful they did not break the other," Barakat said. "It also happened to my cousin, who came to check on me. They took off his clothes and beat him violently."
Barakat called upon the ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces to investigate the incident, which he said was similar to pre-revolution breaches.
The armed forces took power after former President Hosni Mubarak resigned in February. Since then, several reports have implicated the military in torture and other human rights violations.
