Suspended Assistant Superintendent of Police Balveer Singh and 13 others, who have been accused of removing the teeth of four persons after arresting them in different cases, were granted bail by a trial court. Granting the bail, Judicial Magistrate D. Triveni adjourned the case to December 26.
Accusing Mr. Singh and 13 of his subordinate police officers and policemen in Ambasamudram Sub-Division of uprooting their teeth with cutting pliers after being arrested in connection with “petty cases”, four persons had filed complaints against them. After Sub-Collector, Cheranmahadevi, Mohammed Shabbir Alam inquired about the complaints from March 26 and recorded the statements of the victims,
The State Government placed Mr. Singh under suspension on March 29.
