LUDHIANA: The International Human Rights Organization (THRO) has sought the Punjab Government’s intervention in an incident that took place inside a local police station where a son was allegedly forced to disrobe his mother before she was brutally tortured and molested by the cops, in May, The IHRO stated in a press release, that Devki Rani (45), was dragged out of the local civil hospital by the Alam Park police party while she was attending to her ailing husband and taken to the police post. “I was stripped to the skin and molested by sub inspector Surinder Singh. Then, I was tortured and molested by ASI Paramjit Singh, head constable “baba,” constable Romesh and two other me Devki Rani said in a notarized affidavit submitted to the THRO, according to its chairman, D.S. Gill.
“All the “third degree’ methods were used to humiliate me. My son Rajesh Kumar was forced to dis to be me, I was kept in illegal confinement for three dave? According to Devki Rani, Jaspal Singh “Bills,” readymade garments dealer, bribed the police to harass them, for her younger son Surinder Kumar who was working with him, had left him. “That is why, Surinder has also been falsely framed in criminal case, while the whereabouts of Rajesh have not been disclosed to us by the police since May 5 last, the day 1 was taken into custody,” Devki Rani told the IHRO. The THRO has urged the state home secretary 10 look into the matter and take action against the erring police officials. The National Human Rights ‘Commission has also been informed of the matter.
Article extracted from this publication >> August 4, 1995
