Rights panel asks Chhattisgarh for report on custodial death
January 20th, 2012 - 9:39 pm ICT by IANSRaipur, Jan 20 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notice to the Chhattisgarh and central governments over a suspected Maoist’s alleged suicide in police custody in the state’s violence-hit Dantewada district last week, a statement said.
The NHRC in its notices asked the state’s director general of police (DGP) and the union home secretary to submit within four weeks a report on the incident. Media reports said that a suspected Maoist, nabbed by a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) team, committed suicide at a police station in Dantewada district on Jan 13 after he was tortured.
The NHRC said in the statement posted on its website dated Jan 19 that “according to the media report, Pudiyami Mada - a suspected Naxal (Maoist) - committed suicide in the night at the Sukma police station”.
“It was also reported quoting police sources that after his remand, Pudiyami had told them that he was tortured by CRPF personnel who poured petrol on his private parts and set them on fire. In the medical test of the victim, abrasions and swelling over the penis and lateral part of anus had been confirmed,” the rights panel statement said.
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