Torture: HC directs officials to produce medical records

Madras High Court today directed Inspector of Kaveripattinam police station in Vellore District to produce all medical records in a case related to custodial torture of one Poovarasan by December 23.
On a petition filed by the victim, Justice V Ramasubramanian also ordered issue of notices to Special Government Pleader A Kumar on behalf of Home Secretary, Superintendent of Police, Vellore, Superintendent, District Head Quarters, Government General Hospital, Adukkamparai in Vellore distict and District Collector.
The petitioner submitted that since he was exposing the illegal sand mining by persons with the help of Inspector of Police Kandiban a section in the police were against him.

The petitioner also submitted that since he belonged to Scheduled Caste, non-dalit and Vanniar community members were against him.
He submitted that on September 23, around 11.30 pm he was woken up by a team of policemen including Kandiban and started beating him causing severe injuries to him.
They later they took him to the police station and continued the torture and charged him under various sections of IPC.

Later he was taken to District Munsif and Judicial Magistrate, Walajahpet. However, seeing his physical condition the Magistrate directed to get a medical opinion from the Government Hospital, in which it was recorded that he sustained multiple injuries because of the assault.

The hospital authorities recommended that treatment should be given in a District Head quarters Hospital. But police took the police station and continued the torture.
He was later admitted to a private hospital.
In his petition, he sought a direction to register FIR against the erring police officials besides and probe by CB-CID and award a compensation of Rs 50 lakhs.