Eight policemen in Karnataka’s Kodagu district, who’ve been accused of “beating a 50-year-old mentally challenged man to loss of life” for violating lockdown norms, have been suspended on Sunday. The suspension order was issued following a report submitted by a senior police officer after a grievance was lodged in reference to the case.
Karnataka Southern Vary Inspector Common of Police (IGP) Praveen Madhukar Pawar mentioned the incident befell close to Virajpet City Police Station in the course of the late hours of June 9. “The choice to droop eight policemen was taken primarily based on a preliminary report. This may assist guarantee a good and neutral investigation into the matter,” he instructed The Indian Categorical.
Police have recognized the suspended officers as head constable M U Sunil and police constables N S Lokesh, H J Tanukumar, N H Satish, Sunil M L, Ramesh A, Okay G Nehru, and B T Pradeep. All of them have been posted in Virajpet.
The report towards the cops allegedly concerned within the incident was submitted by the Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) of Virajpet. IGP Pawar mentioned that he had sought the report from the DSP primarily based on the grievance filed by the brother of the deceased.
One other police officer mentioned the grievance had talked about that the deceased — recognized as Roy D’Souza (50) — was admitted to a hospital in a “precarious situation” after he was allegedly overwhelmed up by the law enforcement officials who have been out to implement lockdown norms on June 9. The incident befell close to a gas station exterior the police station.
The grievance filed towards the policemen states that D’Souza was taken to the police station after the incident, the place he was allegedly roughed up. “After the assault within the police station, D’Souza had collapsed to the bottom, following which his mom was referred to as and knowledgeable to take her son away. The household then determined to confess D’Souza to a close-by non-public hospital for therapy, the place he breathed his final on June 12,” the deceased’s brother talked about within the grievance.
A police officer, nonetheless, claimed that D’Souza, and never the cops, was the aggressor. He mentioned, “D’Souza was stopped by the cops on responsibility for violating lockdown norms. D’Souza then attacked a constable with a pointy object, injuring his hand. The officer (PC Sangamesh Shivapura) is now beneath therapy after receiving three stitches. D’Souza had additionally barged into the police station threatening to assault the others on responsibility.”
The case has now been transferred to the Karnataka Crime Investigation Division (CID). “The CID group from Bengaluru has already arrived. They’ll take up additional interrogations and comply with different due procedures to conduct the probe within the coming days,” IGP Pawar mentioned.
