Ambasamudram custodial torture case: CB-CID probe commences
The Hindu
The CB-CID has formally commenced its probe on the custodial torture which took place in Ambasamudram, in which good number of suspects picked-up by the police in connection with various cases have lost their teeth due to the alleged torture by suspended Assistant Superintendent of Police Balveer Singh.
The CB-CID has formally commenced its probe on the custodial torture which took place in Ambasamudram, in which good number of suspects picked-up by the police in connection with various cases have lost their teeth due to the alleged torture by suspended Assistant Superintendent of Police Balveer Singh.
As the State Government decided to transfer the case to CB-CID, Inspector of Police Ulagarani received on Friday the case-related documents from Pon. Raghu, Deputy Superintendent of Police, District Crime Branch, which was investigating this case after the FIR was filed recently based on the complaint from one Subhas, one of the victims.
The issue came to light, when some of the victims started accusing Mr. Balveer Singh of having yanked their teeth with a cutting plier after they were picked-up by the police in connection with different cases. Sub-Collector, Cheranmahadevi, Mohammed Shabbir Alam was entrusted with the probe of these allegations.
Even as the inquiry was going on, the State Government, following pressure from various quarters including its electoral allies, was forced to put Mr. Balveer Singh in ‘vacancy reserve’ and later suspended him. Moreover, the Tamil Nadu Government handpicked Rural Development Secretary P. Amudha for inquiring these charges and she has completed two rounds of inquiry by recording the statements of the victims and their family members.
Meanwhile, the State Government transferred the case to CB-CID, which has already been burdened with a few more sensational cases including the murder of former Mayor of Tirunelveli Uma Maheshwarai, her husband and her housemaid, sexual assault case against Kasi of Nagercoil and a few more cases.
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