Compensation for atrocities by Delhi Police
The National Human Rights Commission has directed that monetary compensation be paid by Delhi Government to four victims who had suffered atrocities at the hands of Delhi Police officials.
The Commission had received a petition from one Dara Singh alleging that he and three other persons were illegally detained in the Anand Parbat Police Station. Apparently, they were detained in the police station on the night of 26 March 2000 at the instance of one Smt. Veero Devi, who was a land- grabber. All the four were brutally beaten by the SHO of the Police Station, Inspector A.S. Tyagi. Later, they were implicated in a false case u/s 506, 354 of the IPC. The complainant had attached photographs of the injuries that they had sustained, along with the petition that he had sent to the Commission.
Upon the directions of the Commission, an inquiry was conducted into the matter by the Commission’s Investigation Division, which also examined a number of witnesses, the medico-legal and other related reports. The police had denied the allegations and said that the complainants had neither been detained overnight nor tortured. Instead, the police had asserted that the complainants had been arrested only on the morning of 27 March 2000 and that the injuries were already present on their bodies at the time of arrest. This was, however, refuted by the medical reports. Further, a constable, Shri Sansar Singh of the same Police Station, had also told the Investigating Team that Shri Tyagi had manipulated the register of the police station to record his absence during the time of the incident but that he had, in fact, remained there.
On 7 April 2000, the Commission received a communication from Shri Sansar Singh in which he expressed an apprehension that his life was in danger because he had told the truth to the Commission. He requested the Commission to get him transferred.
After considering the report and the evidence collected by the Investigation Team, the Commission was of the opinion that Shri A.S. Tyagi was to be held responsible for illegally detaining four persons and torturing them. Thus, the Commission recommended payment of compensation of Rs.10,000/- each to the four victims for the torture inflicted on them in custody. It has also directed that a departmental inquiry be conducted against Shri A.S. Tyagi to ascertain his liability and that action is taken based on the findings of the departmental inquiry. The Commission has also directed that Shri Sansar Singh be transferred from Anand Parbat Police Station in view of the apprehension expressed by him, which the Commission found to be reasonable.
The Commission had received a petition from one Dara Singh alleging that he and three other persons were illegally detained in the Anand Parbat Police Station. Apparently, they were detained in the police station on the night of 26 March 2000 at the instance of one Smt. Veero Devi, who was a land- grabber. All the four were brutally beaten by the SHO of the Police Station, Inspector A.S. Tyagi. Later, they were implicated in a false case u/s 506, 354 of the IPC. The complainant had attached photographs of the injuries that they had sustained, along with the petition that he had sent to the Commission.
Upon the directions of the Commission, an inquiry was conducted into the matter by the Commission’s Investigation Division, which also examined a number of witnesses, the medico-legal and other related reports. The police had denied the allegations and said that the complainants had neither been detained overnight nor tortured. Instead, the police had asserted that the complainants had been arrested only on the morning of 27 March 2000 and that the injuries were already present on their bodies at the time of arrest. This was, however, refuted by the medical reports. Further, a constable, Shri Sansar Singh of the same Police Station, had also told the Investigating Team that Shri Tyagi had manipulated the register of the police station to record his absence during the time of the incident but that he had, in fact, remained there.
On 7 April 2000, the Commission received a communication from Shri Sansar Singh in which he expressed an apprehension that his life was in danger because he had told the truth to the Commission. He requested the Commission to get him transferred.
After considering the report and the evidence collected by the Investigation Team, the Commission was of the opinion that Shri A.S. Tyagi was to be held responsible for illegally detaining four persons and torturing them. Thus, the Commission recommended payment of compensation of Rs.10,000/- each to the four victims for the torture inflicted on them in custody. It has also directed that a departmental inquiry be conducted against Shri A.S. Tyagi to ascertain his liability and that action is taken based on the findings of the departmental inquiry. The Commission has also directed that Shri Sansar Singh be transferred from Anand Parbat Police Station in view of the apprehension expressed by him, which the Commission found to be reasonable.