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Probe against police for rights violation

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Three women, child were illegally detained in Nandini Layout police station

BANGALORE: The State Human Rights Commission has found inspector of Nandini Layout Police Station H.T. Jayaramaiah and his staff prima facie guilty of illegal detention of three women and a child. The commission will initiate an inquiry immediately.

Speaking to presspersons here on Friday, commission Chairman S.R. Nayak said the rights violation pertained to two cases. The first case involved detention of Santosh Devi Baid, wife of Prakash Baid, and their daughter Mamata Baid, residents of Mahalakshmi Layout, and the second involved Malathi, wife of C.P. Narayana Swamy and their six-year-old son, Mohak, residents of Vijayanagar.

Mr. Baid approached the commission on Thursday complaining that his wife and daughter had been detained in the police station since September 13 in a cheating case registered by one Subbalakshmi, whose son, Harish, is said to be a Bharatiya Janata Party Yuva Morcha office-bearer. He told the commission that the Inspector had been demanding Rs. 50,000 to regularise the detention.

Mr. Nayak, along with commission members B. Parthasarathy and R.H. Raddi, went to the police station, where they found Ms. Santosh hidden in the toilet and Ms. Mamata in the bathroom. The women said that since their detention on September 13, they were allowed to go home on three nights but were brought back to the station the subsequent mornings.

During the search, the commission also found another woman (Malathi) with her child. She said that Mr. Jayaramaiah took her into custody along with her husband and child from their residence on Thursday afternoon. They were not told the reasons for the detention.

Mr. Jayaramaiah told the commission that Mr. Narayana Swamy was taken in for interrogation, and his wife and child “voluntarily” accompanied him. However, the keys of Mr. Narayana Swamy’s residence were found in Mr. Jayaramaiah’s possession.

Mr. Nayak said: “I am concerned with the gross violation of human rights by the police who are supposed to protect the fundamental rights of citizens.”

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