Expresses concern about arguing with police when people are stopped
Days after receiving flak over high-handedness while enforcing the lockdown that led to three complaints against the police landing at the Karnataka State Human Rights Commission, Praveen Sood, DG&IGP, Karnataka Police, said: “Instead of questioning every move of police, let’s introspect on our own movements”.
He pointed out that the lockdown was ‘all about sacrifices and inconveniences for a bigger cause – stopping spread of COVID-19’, and appealed to the people to cooperate.
He tweeted that the police are doing a tough job risking their lives; around 13,000 of 90,000 police personnel have been infected by COVID-19 and 130 lost their lives. “Endless arguments don’t make either of us safer. Just stay away.. stay home and stay safe,” he tweeted.
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Two retired judges come down heavily on police action
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Karnataka State Human Rights Commission (KSHRC) has ordered a probe into three complaints of alleged brutality in the State when police resorted to caning people during enforcement of the lockdown on Monday.
R.K. Dutta, member of the Commission, said the police wing was tasked with a probe into the three complaints and will submit a report by June 8, when the case is posted for hearing.
Meanwhile, two retired judges also came down heavily on the police. Retired Supreme Court judge V. Gopal Gowda termed police beating people with lathis ‘a barbaric act’ and said there was no legal basis for the same. “People trusted with protecting the rule of law seem to have taken law into their hands. Each of the personnel, who assaulted the public, must be booked and the probe entrusted to a judicial inquiry commission,” he said, adding that the po
Rights panel urged to stop police lathicharge on lockdown violators
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As police officers punish violators of lockdown by raining lathi blows on them, making them do sit-ups and hop like frogs, Congress leader and former MLC Ramesh Babu has complained to the Karnataka State Human Rights Commission on alleged violation of human rights by the police across the State.
“Lathi charge by the police in the name of lockdown is violation of human rights in the State. The electronic and print media have been showing police atrocities,” he said and urged the Human Rights Commission to take note of the incidents.
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Three complaints filed with human rights commission against police
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Police stopping vehicles at M.G. Road in Bengaluru as the lockdown began on Monday.
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Three complaints filed with human rights commission against police
Police across the State on Monday began enforcing a strict lockdown, often resorting to caning motorists and people on the streets. Such instances were reported from across the State.
In many instances, the policemen allegedly caned everyone in sight indiscriminately, even those out on medical emergencies and other permitted activities, raising hackles. At least three complaints by two lawyers and Congress leader Ramesh Babu were filed against the Karnataka Police with the Karnataka State Human Rights Commission (KSHRC) in this regard on Monday.
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