The Madras High Court today ordered a CBI inquiry into the alleged torture of a woman at a police station at Udumalaipet in Coimbatore district and asked the Tamil Nadu government to pay an interim compensation of Rs one lakh to the victim's family.
Justice V Ramasubramanian in his order directed that an FIR be lodged against the police officials involved in the case.
The victim's daughter had moved the court alleging that her mother was physically harassed by the police after her arrest on August 14 in connection with the murder of the owner of her rented house.
The petitioner contented that the prison authorities themselves had refused to take her mother in without medical certificate explaining the injuries on her. The remanding magistrate also took serious exception to the treatment meted out to her.
On September 10, the High Court had directed the nodal officer of the hospital, who discharged the woman without any court order, to submit all medical reports and the case sheet in a sealed cover to the court.
