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A 34-year-old home idiosyncratic and her hubby were allegedly detained and brutally beaten by the Varthur constabulary aft being accused of stealing a diamond ringing from the location of a techie mates she worked for.
The pistillate was released lone aft a societal activistic intervened and demanded an mentation from the police.
The incidental took spot connected October 30, erstwhile Sundari Bibi, a autochthonal of West Bengal and nonmigratory of a labour colony connected Balagere Road, was summoned to the Varthur constabulary station. Sundari, who had been moving for the mates for the past 3 months, went to the presumption on with her husband, a garbage conveyance driver.
According to sources, the employers had accused Sundari of stealing a diamond ringing aft conducting a ‘sting’ — they allegedly dropped a ₹100 enactment connected the level to observe her reaction. The CCTV footage reportedly showed Sundari picking up the note, which she claimed she intended to instrumentality later. Based connected the footage, the mates filed a ailment with the Varthur police.
Sundari said that arsenic soon arsenic she and her hubby reached the station, they were allegedly detained and assaulted by 7 constabulary personnel, including 4 men and 3 women.
“I pleaded my innocence, but they kept beating maine with lathis, calling maine a Bangladeshi. Most of the abuses were successful Kannada, which I could not understand,” she told The Hindu. Her hubby was besides allegedly assaulted for supporting her.
The screams from wrong the constabulary presumption reportedly drew the attraction of adjacent migrant workers, who alerted city-based societal activistic R. Kaleemulla. He called the presumption and confronted the officers astir the incident. Following his intervention, the constabulary released Sundari,.
Sundari was aboriginal taken to Bowring Hospital, wherever doctors registered a Medico-Legal Case (MLC).
“The constabulary person nary close to bushed anyone, particularly women, simply based connected allegations. There are lawful methods to analyse and find the truth,” Mr. Kaleemulla said.
