The State Human Rights Commission has asked the Maharashtra government to pay a compensation of Rs50,000 to a 45-year-old woman who was allegedly assaulted by a policeman during the investigation into a kidnapping case.The commission has also directed the police department to sensitize its officers regarding third-degree methods used by some cops on criminal suspects, which amounts to violation of human rights.
According to the commission, one Mangeram Dhilod filed a complaint with the Tilak Nagar police on March 23, 2011, alleging that a certain Sunny Zore had kidnapped his minor daughter and forced her to marry him. Dhilod also accused Zore's mother, Malan, of abetting the crime. In her complaint to the commission, Malan stated that she was called to the Tilak Nagar police station on December 5, 2011, in connection with Dhilod's complaint.
She alleged that inspector Siddharth Kasbe of the police station assaulted her with a belt and using vulgar language. Malan said she was treated at Rajawadi Hospital. Subsequently, the commission issued a notice to the police department. In their reply, the police denied all the allegations and said that Malan was trying the take vengeance on them as a complaint had been filed against her for abetment. Inspector Kasbe too claimed before the commission that since Zore was sentenced to a seven years rigorous imprisonment by a sessions court, Malan wanted to settle scores by filing a false case.
The commission in its order, issued last month (dna has a copy), stated that it was possible to infer that as Zore and the girl could not be traced for a long time, there is every possibility of the police using coercive methods to get information from Malan. Accepting that there was truth in Malan's allegations, the order said that while a court had convicted Zore, it had acquitted his mother of all charges. The medical papers submitted by Malan also established that she had swellings on both her wrists and palms, observed the commission.
The order states, "It is also relevant to note that there is no medical opinion as to the injuries being self-inflicted or otherwise.
As the commission has come to the conclusion that there is violation of Malan's human rights by the police, the state government is liable to pay a compensation of Rs50,000 to Malan."
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