Three police personnel, including a sub-inspector and two constables of Padmanabham police station in the city, were suspended and a case under the SC/ST Prevention of Atrocities Act was registered against them for inflicting `third degree’ torture on a `Dalit’ man, resulting in fracture of his right leg.
The torture was so severe that the femur bone was broken into two parts and he had to be rushed to the hospital. The injured person was an ‘accused’ in an unregistered petty complaint of stealing a rooster.
Police Commissioner A. Ravi Shankar ordered an inquiry into the case and appointed Ch. Vivekananda, who is presently ACP of Disha Police, to conduct the inquiry. Based on the inquiry report, the Police Commissioner suspended the three police personnel and registered the atrocity case.
