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FF Code : KEL/KTM/POL 443/JUNE 2008<br />

Victim(s) : Sreejith<br />

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

Location : Vaikkom PS<br />

Date of incident : 11/06/2008<br />

Case Details:<br />

The victim Sreejith was a resident of Naduvila village and he belonged to Pulaya Community. On 11 th<br />

June, 2008 he had gone with his friend to Aivarkulangara temple. On the way, one of his friends had<br />

called him over mobile telling that he had won a lottery. He had gone with his friends and had taken some<br />

beer. Then the victim Sreejith had gone to his uncle’s house with his friends. On reaching there, he had<br />

seen his uncle having a dispute with some people. The people had seen Sreejith and his friends and had<br />

thought that they were thugs employed by his uncle. They have beaten Sreejith and his friends.<br />

The victim Sreejith and his friends have also retaliated. The police of Vaikkom have gone to the spot and<br />

had taken them forcefully to the police station. The police had slammed his head to the wall twice and<br />

harassed him emotionally. He was deprived of food and kicked in his abdomen. Later that evening, he<br />

was produced before the Vaikkom Court and was remanded for two days. The victim Sreejith had come<br />

out on bail with the help of his relatives but he was mentally disturbed by the act of the police.<br />

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

151<br />

Annual Report on Torture<br />

2008

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