Torchure Tamilnadu2

Tamil Research Institution (TRI)
FF Code : TN/CHE 108/NOV/O7
Victim(s) : George
Perpetrator(s) : 1) Jeyakumar, PI, Ambathur PS;
2) Tamil Selvan, SI, Ambathur PS;
3) unnamed POs
Location : Various locations, Chennai
Date of incident : 25/11/2006
Annual Report on Torture
Tamil Nadu
2007
156
Case Details:
Victim George worked as a Sub-PI in BSF before voluntarily retiring to search for another job. On returning
home after searching for a job in Ambathur, Aavadi, a gang of five or six persons started to beat him and tried
to remove a gold ring from his finger. The gang told bystanders that George had run away after snatching a
gold chain – so some of the bystanders began to beat George as well, and informed the Ambathur police.
PI Jeyakmuar arrived on the scene, made enquiries of the bystanders, struck George’s cheeks and back
with his hand, and took George away on his bike. The PI brought George to the Ambathur PS, where he took
George’s possessions, including rings, an ATM card, and a cell phone. Five men in civilian clothing beat
George, presuming that he was a thief. They struck him with hands and with a baton on his back, his hands,
and his chest; they also kicked him with booted feet in his buttocks and back. They continued to beat him,
demanding that he admit the theft. At one point, a PC gave him water.
The police informed George that someone had stolen a 2-sovereign chain from the Puzhal Jail, and demanded
that he admit having committed this crime. George refused to oblige.
The police told George to remove his shirt and pants and to sit with his legs out. SI Tamil Selvan struck
George with an iron rod on his thighs, back, hands, and ankles.
The police advised George that he could resolve this issue by giving them a bribe of Rs. 1 lakh.
At around 11.30pm, the police took George to Thank Factory P, where they told him once again to remove
his shirt and pants. They tied his hands behind him. Four policemen held his legs straight out and then kicked
his chest and thighs with booted feet. George lost consciousness and fell down. After five minutes, the
policemen woke him by pouring water into his mouth. Then, four PCs picked George up, brought him to
another room, tied both of his hands, and struck him with an iron rod all over his body. They demanded that
he accept his crime. The police then made George sit on the floor with his hands tied behind him and his legs
spread apart, while five policemen kicked him all over his body and struck him with an iron rod. George
screamed with pain, but the policemen immediately stuffed his mouth with a cuff so that he could not make a
noise.
The police kept George at Thank Factory P all night with no food.
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