The authorities arrest workers who sell pornographic films and beat them as a disciplinary measure; is this action valid?

Question:
I work with the Commission for Promoting Virtue and Prohibiting Vice, praise be to Allah. Sometimes we arrest some workers who sell pornographic films. I find the Commission’s office closed, so I take the worker to our house and beat him to discipline him. I have done this several times and it was effective, praise be to Allah. Is my action correct?

Answer:
No, it is not correct. You have no authority to beat him. But seize the tapes and the items, telling him to take them with him, and send him to the Commission. Take the person’s name. If he is working, take the forbidden materials he has with you, go to the Commission, hand them over to them, and give them his name and location. This is your duty, praise be to Allah. As for beating him, no, you have no authority to beat him. Yes.