Roy D’Souza was picked up by the police from Virajpeth in Kodegu District.
Bengaluru:
Eight policemen have been suspended in Karnataka’s Madikeri following a preliminary inquiry into the demise of a mentally unstable man. The policemen had allegedly overwhelmed the 50-year-old man for violating the lockdown final week.
“Eight policemen have been suspended based on the preliminary report. The postmortem report is yet to come,” Superintendent of Police, Kodagu, Kshama Mishra instructed NDTV.
The cause for the demise will probably be clear solely after the post-mortem, she stated.
Roy D’Souza was picked up from Virajpeth in Kodegu District, round 5 hours drive from Bangaluru, on Wednesday after he was seen roaming across the metropolis in defiance of the lockdown. The police later summoned his household to take him from the police station.
His household alleged that Mr D’Souza was unconscious once they reached the police station. He was later taken to a hospital the place he died on Saturday.
“An inquiry is being conducted by the Sub-Divisional Magistrate. As per the National Human Rights Commission guidelines, we are handing over the case to the CID,” Inspector General of Police, Karnataka Southern Range, Praveen Madhukar Pawar, was quoted as saying by information company PTI.
Family members stated that Mr D’Souza, who was dwelling along with his mom, had run away from his home late at night time on June 8. The policemen discovered him wandering about, questioned him for violating the lockdown norms and thrashed him, they stated.
