The Karnataka Information Commission (KIC) not only imposed a penalty of ₹25,000 on a station house officer of Nangli police station for not providing information about CCTV cameras in the station, but also directed the State police chief to comply with the Supreme Court order on installation of CCTV cameras in all police stations and submit a compliance report to the commission.
The case pertains to the alleged custodial torture and death of 30-year-old suspect Muniraju, hailing from Andhra Pradesh, who was picked up by Nangli police, Mulabagal taluk, in August, in connection with a theft case. He was allegedly kept in illegal detention for 10 days and later released when he was ill. The police admitted him to Kolar District Hospital, where he succumbed to death.
The police informed his family members and even allegedly tried to bribe them to not pursue the case.
