Five years after two men were assaulted by a policeman at the Kattur Police Station in Coimbatore, the State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) on Friday directed the Tamil Nadu government to pay a compensation of ₹1 lakh to each of them.
SHRC member V. Kannadasan also recommended that a sum of ₹2 lakh be recovered from V. Ganeshkumar, Sub-Inspector of Police then attached to the C1 Kattur Police Station in Coimbatore. The Commission also recommended the initiating of disciplinary proceedings against him.
Complainant Kalpana of Sithaputhur, Coimbatore in her complaint said that her son M. Vignesh was taken to the police station by the respondent in 2018, where he was assaulted with a PVC pipe, injuring his knees, foot and thighs. Her son moved the National Commission for SC/ST as well as the SHRC in this regard.