Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (ANK)
Mangaluru, Sep 26: Two men were beaten up by police attached to Mangaluru town police (Kankanady) here at Jyothi on September 25 after they helped a woman who was in trouble.
It is said that two men namely Jobin and Varghese, residents of Kadaba and Shiradi respectively were in the city to visit their uncle who has been hospitalised.
Jobin and Varghese alleged that on September 25, when the duo was on their way to the hospital near Jyothi circle after finishing their dinner, a woman sought help from them to connect to a phone number she had received on her mobile phone. Showing humanitarian gesture, the duo extended help. Just then, four men came in an auto rickshaw and attacked Jobin and Varghese.
Both Jobin and Varghese were told by the four men that they were policemen. Later, they took Jobin and Varghese to Mangaluru town police station. They were stripped and beaten up.
They duo also alleged that the police took their purse and ATM card and questioned them for an hour at the police station. After snatching their wallet and ATM card, they were sent back from the police station. Jobin and Varghese reached the hotel room with torn clothes.
Confusion led to thrashing?
According to sources, a woman hailing from Manjeshwar was brought to Mangaluru for prostitution and was harassed by some men. Family members of the woman who came to know about the incident had complained to Mangaluru town police station regarding the same.
Acting on the complaint, the police with the help of the woman, began to investigate the case.
In order to trap the people who allegedly harassed the woman, the policemen boarded an auto rickshaw in search of the accused. The woman called the person who was harassing here. The person who was changing locations frequently, was asked by the woman to meet her near a private hospital near Jyothi.
The woman lost the man’s number in her mobile phone due to some confusion. Meanwhile, Jobin and Varghese, were at Jyothi circle. The woman asked the two to help her find the number on her mobile phone.
The police, assuming that Jobin and Varghese are the one who harassed the woman, started beating the duo up without asking any questions.
After the incident, several people gathered at the police station and protested against the uncalled behaviour of the police personnel. Inspectors Ravish Nayak and Maruthi Nayak visited the police station and bought the situation under control. Meanwhile, the police agreed to their mistake of attacking and asked for compromise. But the protesters did not bow down and demanded the suspension of officers at fault and also asked the inspectors to submit a report to police commissioner regarding the incident.