Saturday 6 July 2013

Panambur cop accused of assaulting passport applicant; making him sign blank paper


MANGALORE Posted on Jul 5th, 2013 and filed under Local News. : 
complaint has been lodged with the Mangalore Police Commissioner Manish Kharbikar alleging that a constable of the Panambur policestation had assaulted a passport applicant youth and also forced him to sign a blank paper.
As per the complaint, Mohammad Imran (22) of Kasaba Bengre had applied forpassport; following which he was summoned to the Panambur police station for scrutiny of documents.
It is said a constable named Pereira sought details regarding the criminal cases of the applicant and also abused him in foul language. The complaint also said that the constable forced Imran to sing a blank paper and also lodged him in the lock-up for a few hours. It has been alleged that the cop even misbehaved rudely with a social activist who had been to the station on gathering information.
The complaint also stated that around six to seven years ago, when Ibrahim was in ninth standard, he was named as one of the several accused in the case of a group clash in Bengre, despite being innocent. Later he was acquitted of charges by the Juvenile Justice Tribunal.
However, Imran had no other criminal cases against him, but had given details regarding the case which was once registered against him in the application. Still, the cop abusing and assaulting him with a prejudiced motive is shocking, thecomplaint said.
It is learnt soon after the incident took place, some social activists had contactedInspector Cheluvaraju who released the youth. The complaint has also mentioned the inspector Cheluvaraju too had admitted that the constable had erred.
The complaint further said that the constable has even threatened the victim of fixing him in a false case and seeing to it that he did not receive a passport in case he made the issue public.

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