Two constables of Padmanabham Police Station under the Visakhapatnam Commissionerate of Police have been detained for allegedly 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.
The injured person has been identified as Bandevarapu Papu (24) of Bandevarapu village, Padmanabham mandal, Visakhapatnam district. The constables have been identified as K. Srinivasa Rao and K. Satish of the Crime branch of the police station.
On a complaint from the injured person, the Padmanabham police have registered several cases, including a few under the SC/ST Prevention of Atrocities Act.
