One month after a Beijing man was accused of throwing a young girl to the ground, a similar case in Henan province has sparked public outrage, not least of all because the alleged perpetrator is a police officer.

Guo Zengxi, a policeman in Linzhou, Henan province, is being investigated on suspicion of taking a 7-month-old girl from her father's arms and throwing her to the ground, according to a report in the Legal Evening News.

The parents said the child was injured in the attack, though not seriously.