By Express News Service
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Kerala police that has been within the information for the improper causes comparable to human rights violations and misconduct in direction of the general public has as soon as once more come below the scanner. This time it is for allegedly locking the doorways of a automotive with a three-year-old child inside after the mother and father objected to being fined for overspeeding.
The incident allegedly occurred on February 23 close to Balaramapuram. The mother and father of the child, Shibu Kumar and Anjana, have been travelling with their daughter of their automotive after they have been intercepted by the cops for driving past the permissible velocity. The household was travelling from Dhanuvachapuram to Thiruvananthapuram after they have been informed to drag over close to Balaramapuram by the cops.
Shibu stated the cops informed him to pay a nice of Rs 1500 to which he initially objected. Shibu and Anjana, who labored as musicians, have been actually having a hand-to-mouth existence for the reason that COVID-induced lockdown started. Though Shibu tried to cause with the cops to scale back the nice or waive it, the cops reportedly didn’t yield.
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Shibu later paid the nice and when he seen that the cops weren’t blocking different automobiles that have been overspeeding, he questioned them for not meting out the identical therapy to them.
Enraged over being questioned, the cops tried to manhandle Shibu. Seeing this, Anjana bought out of the automotive and shot the video of the police misconduct. At this second, one of many cops rushed to the automotive, eliminated the important thing and locked it from exterior whilst the child was sitting inside. Shibu alleged that his daughter started crying as she was locked alone contained in the automotive.
Though the incident occurred six months in the past, the couple determined to make the incident public solely after seeing that the division had taken motion towards a lady cop of the pink patrol unit, who had misbehaved with a father and his eight-year-old daughter.
Neyyattinkara DySP M Anil Kumar stated the incident has been delivered to the eye of the division and the Special Branch is probing it.
Special Branch officers on Thursday night met the couple and recorded their statements. The report on this regard shall be filed earlier than the Rural SP quickly, the sources stated.
