More than 15 years after the police detained two individuals illegally for several days and demanded money for their release, the State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) on Wednesday, May 15, 2024, recommended that the Tamil Nadu government pay a compensation of ₹1 lakh to the victims. It also recommended disciplinary action against the police personnel concerned.
SHRC member V. Kannadasan also recommended that the State government recover the sum of ₹1 lakh from Inspector A. Rajasekar, Sub-Inspectors K. Singaravelu and R. Suganthi and police constables M. Ramu and Muthuveeran, who, at the time of the incident in August 2008, were all attached to the Thuraiyur police station in Tiruchi district.
Complainant G. Vijayalakshmi had submitted that her son-in-law was taken in by the police and kept in a lock-up, and further, the police had demanded a sum of ₹25,000 for his release.
