Youth’s arrest at toll booth: SPC orders probe into ‘false FIR’

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The State Police Chief (SPC) has directed the District constabulary Chief (Kasaragod) to bid an probe led by an serviceman not beneath the fertile of Deputy Superintendent of Police into the allegation that mendacious details were included successful the archetypal accusation study (FIR) registered successful transportation with the apprehension of a younker astatine the Kumbala toll plaza.

The directive follows a ailment submitted to the Chief Minister by activistic Kulathur Jaisingh, alleging misuse of nationalist authorization and fabrication of facts successful the FIR. The ailment claimed that the younker was forcibly taken into custody from his car by a constabulary squad astatine the toll plaza.

According to the complaint, CCTV visuals from the toll booth indicated that the youth, who was seated successful the car, was simply questioning toll- related norms erstwhile the constabulary allegedly picked an unnecessary argument.

It is alleged that aft deliberately creating a confrontation, the constabulary forcibly dragged the younker retired of the car, pulled him on the road, bundled him into a conveyance and took him to the constabulary presumption to registry a case.

The ailment further said that the constabulary ignored the beingness of a pistillate and an babe successful the car portion taking the younker into custody. It is alleged that the FIR falsely stated that the younker attempted to fly and was arrested thereafter.

Mr. Jaisingh had demanded a just and impartial enquiry by elder constabulary officers into the incident, saying that it ran contrary to the government’s argumentation of ensuring courteous behaviour by constabulary unit towards the public.

Earlier, the State Human Rights Commission had ordered an enquiry into alleged quality rights violations by the Kumbala constabulary successful transportation with the case.

Published - February 03, 2026 08:26 p.m. IST

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