Bengaluru: Days after three police officers from Varthur station were suspended for detaining and beating a 22-year-old youth whose arm had to be amputated, another shocking case of police brutality has come to light in the city.
A young man named Thousif Pasha and his family has alleged torture at the hands of the Byatarayanapura police. Thousif (22) has sustained injuries to his genitals, thighs, back, and head due to the alleged torture. This was a family/personal issue intervened by police, but during interrogation the PSI has tortured inhumanly.
One cannot imagine this kind of torture that too from police.
Just a week ago another victim Salman had lost his arm because of Police brutality. Now agains this.
2/n pic.twitter.com/IQ6yirrEqk— Undefeated_Faith (@Shaad_Bajpe) December 4, 2021
The victim has described the extent of inhuman treatment meted out by the officers at the station and said, “I was tortured for 3 hours, and I am in a lot of pain. I am unable to bear the pain right now. I was beaten, my beard was shaved and my private parts were stomped on. The torture that they started around 2 in the night went on till dawn. They tied my hands and feet and later beat me furiously with a wooden bat.”
Elaborating on the incident, Thousif who was being treated at a city hospital said, “I was there concerning a money-related matter involving a friend. When the complaint was filed, they resorted to beating and so later the complaint was withdrawn. Even after the complaint was withdrawn, I was viciously beaten. When I asked for water, they passed urine in a bottle and handed it to me saying, drink this.”
“They did not let me sleep. I was kept in the bathroom and continuously beaten around the station. I was beaten on my face, head, and all around, I am like a mad man now. I am unable to make sense of what has happened. I feel disoriented.”
Reportedly, the lower portion of the victim’s hospital gown had blood stains from genital bleeding caused by the police beating. The victim’s thighs, buttocks have been beaten black and blue, and he said, “My genitals are swollen and bleeding from the torture. I was viciously beaten. They stood over me and beat me on my back despite me being in such incredible pain”, a wounded and traumatized Thousif Pasha relayed.
The victim has alleged that Sub Inspector Harish, two Police constables among others have participated in brutalizing his body.
In a video recording, the devastated mother of the victim asks, “Is there no law and order in the country? My child has been subjected to such oppression, today it was my child, and tomorrow it could be yours. Everybody needs to get together and help my child obtain justice”, she demanded.
DCP West, Sanjeev Patil said in a tweet that, an enquiry has been ordered and is being conducted by ACP Kengerigate.
In the Varthur case, the victim Salman Khan had been allegedly detained for days without being produced before the magistrate. He had to undergo surgery to have his right arm amputated. The suspended police have been identified as head constable Nagabhushan Gowda and constables Nagaraj B.N. and Shivaraj H.
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