CHENNAI: Fourteen officers of Tamil Nadu‘s Vellore jail, together with DIG R. Rajalakshmi, have been booked for allegedly forcing prisoners into chores at their houses. This follows a judicial Justice of the Peace‘s report back to Madras high court on the exploitation.
CB-CID booked Rajalakshmi, her private safety officer Raju, further superintendent of prisons A Abdul Rahman, jailer Arul Kumaran and ten constables underneath Sections 49 (abetment), 115(2) (inflicting harm voluntarily), 118(2) (inflicting grievous harm), 127(8) (wrongful confinement), and 146 (illegal obligatory labour) of BNS.
The FIR was registered on the orders of the HC bench of Justices SM Subramaniam and V Sivagnanam on Thursday after G Radhakrishnan, Vellore chief judicial Justice of the Peace (CJM), submitted his report. The report concluded that fees levelled by S Sivakumar, a homicide convict serving a life time period, required an inquiry. Sivakumar‘s mom had additionally moved courtroom.
Aside from making him do family chores, the jail authorities allegedly beat up and tortured Sivakumar after accusing him of stealing Rs 4.5 lakh in money and different valuables from the DIG’s home. Sivakumar was additionally allegedly stored in solitary confinement for greater than three months. He has been shifted to Salem Central Jail on the HC’s orders, police sources mentioned.
The HC reprimanded the jail officers and directed Tamil Nadu’s DG (Prisons) to provoke disciplinary motion. “It isn’t solely a case of violation of the jail guide, however a case of harassment/torture of the convict prisoner. They (jail officers) haven’t solely violated service circumstances, however indulged in offences,” the HC noticed.
CB-CID booked Rajalakshmi, her private safety officer Raju, further superintendent of prisons A Abdul Rahman, jailer Arul Kumaran and ten constables underneath Sections 49 (abetment), 115(2) (inflicting harm voluntarily), 118(2) (inflicting grievous harm), 127(8) (wrongful confinement), and 146 (illegal obligatory labour) of BNS.
The FIR was registered on the orders of the HC bench of Justices SM Subramaniam and V Sivagnanam on Thursday after G Radhakrishnan, Vellore chief judicial Justice of the Peace (CJM), submitted his report. The report concluded that fees levelled by S Sivakumar, a homicide convict serving a life time period, required an inquiry. Sivakumar‘s mom had additionally moved courtroom.
Aside from making him do family chores, the jail authorities allegedly beat up and tortured Sivakumar after accusing him of stealing Rs 4.5 lakh in money and different valuables from the DIG’s home. Sivakumar was additionally allegedly stored in solitary confinement for greater than three months. He has been shifted to Salem Central Jail on the HC’s orders, police sources mentioned.
The HC reprimanded the jail officers and directed Tamil Nadu’s DG (Prisons) to provoke disciplinary motion. “It isn’t solely a case of violation of the jail guide, however a case of harassment/torture of the convict prisoner. They (jail officers) haven’t solely violated service circumstances, however indulged in offences,” the HC noticed.
