Chhatarpur (Madhya Pradesh): Chhatarpur police have been accused of stripping and brutally beating four tribal youths inside the police station. The victims alleged they were kept in custody for four days, during which they were stripped of their clothes, mercilessly thrashed, and had chilli powder inserted into their private parts.
Following the incident, several women and members of the tribal community staged a protest outside the SP office, demanding strict action against the accused police personnel. The protest continued until after 1 AM on Saturday night.
After long discussions, the victims were assured that action would be taken by 12 PM on Sunday. Following the assurance, the protest ended, and the police arranged a bus to safely send the villagers back to their homes.
The case is from Naugaon police station area of the district. In this case, at around 4 pm on Saturday evening, the victims and Bhim Army workers reached the SP office shouting slogans and demanded action.
The victims sat on a protest demanding action against the responsible persons. They agreed after persuasion at 1.30 am.
According to information, the police took the three victims to the hospital for medical examination. At the same time, the SDOP has assured that the complaint will be registered after 12 noon on Sunday i.e. today.
Here late at night, Congress Leader of Opposition Umang Singhar and former CM Digvijaya Singh spoke to the victims and police officers over the phone. Former Congress MLA from Maharajpur Neeraj Dixit also came to meet them.
Digvijaya Singh also made a post about the incident. He wrote " Another example of MP police's brutality against ST SC. Strict action should be taken against Naugaon police station in-charge."
Allegations of beaten up on false charges of theft
According to the victims, they all are residents of Kanjadpur Dharampura and make and sell brooms. On the evening of July 15, they had gone to the inauguration ceremony of a new house on Naugaon Disleri Road.
While returning from here, they were urinating on the roadside, when a Dial-100 police vehicle arrived and 5 people were taken to the police station without any reason. One of these youths was released because he was handicapped.
It is alleged that the remaining four youths were hung upside down in the police station and beaten with belts and kicks and punches. To make them confess to the theft, chilli was put in their private parts and they were called and tortured for four days.
According to information, the police had caught five people on charges of stealing transformer oil.
