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Torturing Human Rights Activist In India Says AHRC
By KTM Metro Reporter
October 12, 2012: The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has state that the Sub Inspector of Police verbally abused and later brutally tortured Mr. Prashant, a human rights activist and reporter for a local news portal at the Mathilakam Police Station in the Thrissur district in Kerala, India. Prashant had gone to the police station enquiring about his cousin taken into custody by the police; the police took him, as they could not find the actual suspect. People living within the jurisdiction of the police station allege that the Sub Inspector has made it a habit to search houses at the dead of the night and abuse women on the pretext of searching for suspects and investigating crimes. Prashant had to be admitted in hospital to treat his injuries. Prashant P. S is a human rights activist and journalist. The Sub Inspector of Police Mr. Midhun, stationed at Mathilakam Police Station on October 7, 2012 at about 12 PM, came to the Prashant's aunt's house looking for Mr. Vipin. Vipin is Prashant's younger cousin. Since the police could not find Vipin at home, they took Vipin's elder brother Mr. Deepak Raj into custody. At the time, Raj's mother (younger sister of Prashant's mother) asked the officer why they were taking Raj into custody. The officer shouted at the Raj's mother and ordered her to produce her son, Vipin, at the police station; until then they would hold Raj in custody. Prashant came to know about the incident on the same day evening, when he was preparing to attend a human rights meeting at Kodungaloor Rest House, in the neighboring town. Prashant immediately went to the police station to enquire why the police were searching for Vipin and why the police had taken Raj into custody. Prashant reached the police station at about 4.30 in the evening, and the police beat him for enquiring about the incident.
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