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FF Code : KEL/KTM/POL-368/JAN 2008<br />

Victim(s) : Arun<br />

Perpetrator(s) : CI, Vaikkom PS<br />

Location : Vaikkom PS<br />

Date of incident : 31/12/2007<br />

Case Details:<br />

The victim Arun was a resident of Vaikkom and he was a driver. On 31 st December, 2007 he had met<br />

his friends at the Court and then they have gone to bar. While they were having drinks, the Circle<br />

Inspector and Sub-Inspector have gone to the bar. The CI had caught the victim Arun by his collar and<br />

beaten him. Then he was dragged to the police station along with his friends. The victim Arun was made<br />

to bend down and beaten with fists. Then he was beaten all over his body about 21 times with choke of<br />

a tube light. Then the victim and his friends were made to jump. The SI had smashed a cell phone of his<br />

friend by throwing it to the ground. One of his friends named Roopesh was remanded and others were<br />

sent home. Due to the torture meted by the police, the victim Arun was not able to work for 14 days.<br />

FF Code : KEL/TVM/POL-385/MARCH 2008<br />

Victim(s) : Ayesha Beevi<br />

Perpetrator(s) : Mohammed Shafi, CI, Nedumangadu PS<br />

Location : Nedumangadu<br />

Date of incident : 31/01/2008<br />

Case Details:<br />

The victim Ayesha Beevi was a resident of Nedumangadu village. She had resided there from 26 th<br />

January, 2008. Previously, she had stayed at her ancestral house. She had a dispute with her neighbours<br />

over construction of drainage and she had shifted her house. On 31 st January, 2008 a police jeep had<br />

gone to the village. She heard that her husband was surrounded by the police and she had gone to the<br />

spot. She was shocked to see her husband being beaten by the Circle Inspector. When she questioned<br />

him, he had struck her face with a torch light and scolded them for closing the drainage at the ancestral<br />

house. The people of the village have gathered and so the police have left the place.<br />

FF Code : KEL/KTM/POL-466/AUG 2008<br />

Victim(s) : Bince George<br />

Perpetrator(s) : Police, Meenachal PS<br />

Location : Meenachal<br />

Date of incident : August 2008<br />

Case Details:<br />

The victim Bince George was a BA final year student and he belonged to RC community. He was a<br />

member of AISF. In the month of August, about eight students under the leadership of AIYF have<br />

marched towards CMS HS School. On the way, they were stopped by the police and beaten with<br />

<strong>Kerala</strong><br />

181<br />

Annual Report on Torture<br />

2008

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