Virudhunagar SP appears before SHRC

By Our Special Correspondent

CHENNAI, AUG. 10. The Superintendent of Police, Virudhunagar, today appeared before the State Human Rights Commission in connection with the complaint of police excesses and harassment made by the former MLA, Mr. R. Tamaraikkani.

The full bench, consisting of Mr. (Justice) K. Swamidurai, Mr. S. Sambandham and Dr. M. Sushila Raj, decided to hear the witnesses at Virudhunagar for three days from September 3.

The former legislator and several other DMK cadres were taken into preventive custody in the wake of the arrest of the former Chief Minister, Mr. M. Karunanidhi, on the night of June 29 in connection with ``flyover scam''.

Taking cognisance of the complaint filed by Mr. Tamaraikkani's son, the SHRC issued summons to the SP, an inspector and a sub- inspector asking them to appear before the Commission. The inspector and the sub-inspector turned up at the last hearing.

The SP, Mr. Maheshwar Dayal, appeared today. The inspector and the sub-inspector filed their objections. Posting the case for August 27, the commission asked the complainant to file his reply, if any, to the police response.

Meanwhile, in the case of `suicide' by Ramesh, a civil contractor of Annanagar here, the SHRC directed the respondents-the Home Secretary, the Director-General of Police, the city police Commissioner and the Deputy Commissioner, Annanagar,-to file their reply by August 27. The complaint was filed by the former Health Minister, Mr. Arcot N. Veerasamy.

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