Summary:
Soon after he was lodged in jail, three jailers, who had ‘secret talks’ with the police, beat him with sticks, he alleged. After he had a tiff with a student 20 days ago, both of them lodged complaints with Emaneswaram police. more-inRAMANATHAPURAMAfter a Dalit second year college student alleged excess by jailers when he was imprisoned in the sub-jail here as remand prisoner, Superintendent of Police Omprakash Meena has directed the Bazaar police to make an entry in the Community Service Register and enquire into the alleged excess. They again beat him the next day and one of them abused him by mentioning his caste name, he alleged. When the magistrate asked whether the police beat him, he replied in the affirmative, after which, the magistrate ‘admonished’ the police before remanding him, he said..