
SI suspended for torturing auto driver
The Hindu
Police officials had allegedly thrashed him using canes causing injuries
A Sub Inspector attached to the Poovar police station was suspended on Tuesday for allegedly torturing an autorickshaw driver after accusing him of inconveniencing tourists.
District Police Chief (Thiruvananthapuram Rural) P.K. Madhu suspended Sub Inspector Sanal Kumar, pending inquiry, following a preliminary probe undertaken by the Special Branch into the incident that allegedly occurred on Sunday. Further action will be taken after a detailed inquiry by the Neyyattinkara Dy.SP.
The purported victim, Sudhir Khan of Kallingavilakom, was allegedly assaulted by a group of police personnel led by the Sub Inspector near the Poovar junction around 11 a.m. when he was headed home on his motorcycle after dropping his wife at a bus stand.

Former CM B.S. Yediyurappa had challenged the first information report registered on March 14, 2024, on the alleged incident that occurred on February 2, 2024, the chargesheet filed by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), and the February 28, 2025, order of taking cognisance of offences afresh by the trial court.