Don’t paint entire police force as barbaric because of one aberration: Madras HC
The Hindu
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The Madras High Court on Thursday empathised with the family of a farmer who was beaten to death by a special sub-inspector of police in Salem on Tuesday. It, however, said the incident could not be used to paint the entire police force as brutal and barbaric. When the second Division Bench of Justices N. Kirubakaran and T.V. Thamilselvi commenced their proceedings for the day, advocate R. Krishnamoorthy sought permission to make a mention and cited the death of the farmer after the latter quarrelled with the police under the influence of alcohol. When the senior judge in the Bench pointed out that the government appeared to have paid solatium to the family, the advocate, facing suo motu contempt of court proceedings for accusing Justice M. Dhandapani of being biased in favour of the police in another case booked against a woman lawyer, said the police “atrocities” were increasing day by day.More Related News