East Godavari Collector K. Madhavilatha on Monday granted a compensation of ₹1 lakh to Vaddi Venkata Prasad, a Dalit youth, who was allegedly physically tortured by the Kadiyam sub-inspector (SI) in the police station on August 17.
On August 19, the district police registered a case against the SI R. Sivaji under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 based on a written complaint lodged by the victim. He was sent on Vacant Reserve (VR).
The victim alleged that the SI had asked him to drink his urine when he sought drinking water during interrogation inside the Kadiyam police station. He was brought to the police station for his alleged role in the missing case of a married woman.
