Court to look into torture charge against Coast Guard
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The Coast Guard has been requested to present the main points of its personnel who had been on board the vessel that was concerned within the arrest of six Sri Lankans in a current drug haul off Vizhinjam.
The Chief Judicial Magistrate, Thiruvananthapuram, issued the order on Friday to the Commandant of the Coast Guard to present the listing of the personnel on board the vessel, after a Sri Lankan detenu complained that Coast Guard personnel pressured him to lie on a sizzling iron plate.
Drug haul case
The alleged ill-treatment got here to gentle when the accused within the drug haul case had been produced earlier than K. Biju Menon, Additional Sessions Judge 1, Thiruvananthapuram, on Friday.
The choose, who famous the extreme burns on the again of the detenu, had directed the Chief Judicial Magistrate to take cognizance of the incident. The choose had additionally ordered the accidents to be photographed and handed over to the Justice of the Peace.
The Sri Lankan complained to the Justice of the Peace {that a} gasoline range was lit and positioned beneath the steel sheet which was used to prepare dinner chapatis within the vessel. After making him lie on the recent steel sheet, some personnel pressured his physique to the sheet with their shoe, he alleged. He additionally complained that the personnel beat him up with iron rods. The courtroom recorded the assertion of the detenu, who knew solely Sinhalese, with the assistance of one other Sri Lankan and a lawyer. His accidents too had been recorded.
The Justice of the Peace posted the matter for additional enquiry beneath Section 202 of the Criminal Procedure Code to discover out whether or not a case has to be registered against the alleged accused. The Justice of the Peace can even name for a police investigation.
The inquiry shall be held to discover the veracity of the incident. The detenu, who has been offered authorized assist by a lawyer of the District Legal Services Authority, can convey witnesses to the incident to the courtroom to again up his case.
On May 3
After ordering the admission of the detenu in Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram, the Justice of the Peace has additionally referred to as for a medical report. The case has been posted for May 3.
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