Ambasamudram ASP Custodial Torture: Principal Secy Amudha Appointed Investigating Officer

The Investigating Officer P Amudha is also scheduled to submit a report within a month.

Balveer Singh, the IAS officer, who allegedly knocked down the teeth of those in custody

Source : File photo

Tamil Nadu Government appointed P Amudha, Principal Secretary of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department, as the High-Level Investigating Officer to probe the alleged custodial torture by Ambasamudram ASP Balveer Singh. The Investigating Officer is also scheduled to submit a report within a month.

According to ANI, “Tamil Nadu Government appoints Principal Secretary of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department P Amudha as High-Level Investigate Officer to enquire in detail regarding alleged custodial torture by Ambasamudram ASP Balveer Singh and other possible complaints of custodial torture in the Ambasamudram Police station limit. Within a month, the investigating officer P Amudha will file a report on this.”

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— ANI (@ANI) April 7, 2023

Last month, Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin in the Assembly said that Ambasamudram ASP Balveer Singh has been suspended for suspected custodial torture. However, he said, a proper investigation will be conducted and the guilty will not be spared.

IAS officer Balveer Singh has been accused of knocking out the teeth of suspects and crushing the testicle of a newly married man kept in the custody under Ambasamudram police limit. The issue came to light after two suspects who were picked up by the police and allegedly tortured by Balveer Singh released a video with the details of the third-degree torture. 

 

Following this, Tirunelveli district Collector ordered a probe into the matter. Recently, reports suggested that the IAS officer during his tenure as ASP inflicted custodial torture even on minors.