Karnataka Human Rights Commission indicts inspector, two more personnel for illegal detention and brutality, orders ₹1.5 lakh compensation to victims

The Karnataka State Human Rights Commission (KSHRC) found inspector Ravi M.S., ASI Chandrappa, and constable Bhimrao guilty of illegal detention and human rights violation. Image for representative purposes. | Photo Credit: Getty Images

The Karnataka State Human Rights Commission (KSHRC) has indicted a police inspector and two of his staff for illegal detention of three people at the Vijayapura police station in Bengaluru Rural District on false charges of vehicle theft and torturing them to confess to the crime.

After being released, the trio got treated at the jurisdictional government hospital and filed a complaint at the same police station, accusing the personnel of brutality before approaching the KSHRC.

Acting on the complaint, the KSHRC probed the matter and found inspector Ravi M.S., ASI Chandrappa, and constable Bhimrao guilty of the allegations against them. Based on the investigation report, KSHRC directed the state government to pay a compensation of ₹50,000 to each of the three victims and to deduct the same from the salaries of the three accused. The agency also asked the government to execute the order and submit the action taken report within a month. 

The incident dates back to June 19, 2023, when the accused police officials summoned Syed Nasir along with his friends Ghouse Peer and Asif - all private firm employees - detained them at the police station illegally, and tortured them. 

The trio had purchased an SUV from a person, and due to a difference over payment, the owner of the car had sought the help of the police. Instead of taking legal action, the accused detained them at the station, assaulted them, and tried to frame them in a vehicle theft case.

When summoned by the KSHRC, the accused police officials denied the allegations and claimed that the trio were questioned in a vehicle theft case and sent home. However, CCTV footage from the cameras placed at the police station which were seized and analysed revealed illegal detention and human rights violation against the victims. The police personnel have neither maintained any record about the trio, nor produced them before the court, which is a clear case of dereliction of duty and human rights violation, the KSHRC found.

Published - May 31, 2025 07:42 pm IST