1. Ambasamudram custodial torture | Balveer Singh booked in 2 more cases; Provisions of SC/ST Act invoked
Two more cases have been registered by the CB-CID, probing custodial torture charges against the suspended Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) of Ambasamudram Sub-Division, Balveer Singh, by invoking the provisions of Scheduled Caste (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. The total number of cases filed against the police officer has gone up to three.
Based on complaints filed by a 19-year-old young man from Papanasam and an autorickshaw driver, Vedhanarayanan of Vickramasingapuram, the CB-CID registered the cases late last night.