Tamil Nadu Officer, Accused Of Breaking Teeth Of Men In Custody, Suspended
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Tamil Chief Minister MK Stalin today told the state assembly that he has ordered the authorities to suspend IPS officer Balveer Singh.
An IPS officer in Tamil Nadu was suspended after he was accused of custodial torture by allegedly crushing the testicles and pulling out the teeth of suspects. Chief Minister MK Stalin today told the state assembly that he has ordered the authorities to suspend Balveer Singh.
"I've ordered his suspension. Further action will be taken after the report from the magisterial enquiry. There is no place for compromise on human rights violations at police stations," announced Mr Stalin, responding to a Call Attention Motion in the Tamil Nadu assembly.
Yesterday, the police had put Mr Singh under compulsory wait.
Around ten days ago, the 2020 batch IPS officer, who was posted as an Assistant Superintendent of Police at Ambasamudram in Tirunelveli district, had allegedly pulled out the teeth of five men with a cutting plier and also crushed the testicles of a newly married man who's said to be critical. The men, accused in an assault case, are out on bail. A few of them took to social media to accuse the officer of custodial torture.
