Friday, March 11, 2011

[ZESTCaste] 3 Barmer cops suspended for keeping Dalit in illegal custody

 

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/3-Barmer-cops-suspended-for-keeping-Dalit-in-illegal-custody/articleshow/7675067.cms

3 Barmer cops suspended for keeping Dalit in illegal custody

TNN | Mar 11, 2011, 01.55am IST

JAIPUR: Three policemen, including the in-charge of Sindhari police
station in Barmer district, were on Thursday suspended for keeping a
dalit man in illegal custody and severely beating him up.

The victim, identified as Jabarnath, alleged that the cops threatened
to implicate him and demanded a bribe of Rs 15,000. Jabarnath
sustained injuries and is currently undergoing treatment.

Barmer SP Santosh Chalke said the victim was a suspected of theft and
was summoned to the Sindhari police station.He added that Sindhari
police station in-charge and two other constables have been suspended
till completion of a probe into the incident.

However, Jabarnath said that he was called to the police station on
March 2 and kept there for six days.

"No case was registered against me. Two constables of the police
station demanded Rs 15000 to release me. When I could pay them the
money, they let me go after six days but only after severely thrashing
me," the victim said.

Jabarnath said that he was taken to a hospital after he went home with
injuries on his body.

Earlier, Dalit rights activists in the state had created an uproar
after a Dalit RTI activist was beaten up in a village of same
district.

Dalit families of Husheypura village in Alwar district and Chandpur in
Bharatpur district had fled from their houses after they were attacked
by members of another community over petty disputes.

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