Kochi: Videos of police bashing a Youth Congress leader inside a police station in Thrissur have exposed the cops violating court orders, Manorama reported.
Chovannur mandalam president Sujith V S being brutally assaulted inside the Kunnamkulam police station on April 6 2023.
The CCTV footage was released following an RTI application filed by Sujith who moved Kunnamkulam First Class Judicial Magistrate Court accusing police Sub-Inspector Nuhman and CPOs Sashindran, Sandeep, and Sajeevan and a driver of assaulting him mercilessly leading to Sujith suffering hearing loss.
The police took Sujith into custody when he questioned the police officers allegedly threatening his friends standing by the roadside at Chovannur. Police later filed a fake FIR, accusing Sujith of creating public nuisance and obstructing duty under the influence of alcohol.
A medical report confirmed that Sujith was not intoxicated following which the Chavakkad Magistrate Court granted him bail.
Sujith filed a complaint with senior police officials and the Human Rights Commission. A departmental inquiry retrieved CCTV evidence of five policemen beating him inside the station.
The Judicial Magistrate ordered to lodge FIR against the accused police men. Since the accused are policemen, further proceedings will be under the direct supervision of the court.
Cops Cong leader in police station
