uct a enin me of sion ithin ness The nder Nand Sant ging Ms. in a the that agar and on of n for erred onal xt of The ot be itive Dept, o the n and d Ms pear before the Commission with the entire record of the case. The case is under consideration of the Commission. 10. Case No.896/22/37/2010 Shri Devika Prasad, Secretary, Working Group on Human Rights, New Delhi vide his e-mail letter dated 17.8.2010 forwarded a copy of complaint dated 17.8.2010 from Sh. Miloon Kothari, Convenor, Working Group on Human Rights. Sh. Miloon Kothari alleged that Mr. Gnana Diraviam, Mr. Anandan, Ms. Bharathi Pillai, Ms. Niharga Priya and Ms. Sudha – members of a Fact Finding Team - were arrested illegally on the night of 15 August, 2010 by Veeravanallur Police Station, Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu, where they had gone to conduct an enquiry in a torture case against a police officer. It was further alleged that the arrest was carried out in violation of the law, criminal procedure, and the DK Basu guidelines. On investigation by the Investigation team of NHRC it was found that the trainees were implicated in a false case by the police due to some reason connected to their enquiry into the allegations of torture of accused Suresh. The allegations of torture of Suresh was found to be true. The Commission considered the above report on 25.06.2012 when it inter-alia directed to send a gist of the report prepared by the NHRC Team to DGP, Tamil Nadu with a request to place it before the Public Prosecutor appearing in MP(MD) No.1 of 2010 in Crl. OP(MD) No.10130 of 2010 before the High Court of Judicature Madras at Madurai Bench. The Commission also directed the NHRC to engage a Counsel in Crl. O.P.(MD) No.11303 of 2010 filed u/s 482 of the Cr.P.C. in Crime No.161/2010 by Gnanadiraviyam & others Vs. State of Tamil Nadu through its Inspector Police and Directorate Counsel to place the matter before the High Court in these proceedings. Pursuant to the approval by the Commission, the report along with intervention application has been sent to the Advocate, Madras High Court, Madurai Bench, Tamil Nadu, for taking further action. The Commission while considering the matter on 21.01.2013 inter-alia directed to await the orders, if any, passed by the High Court, as the report at the instance of the NHRC has already been placed before the Hon’ble Madras High Court, Madurai Bench, Tamil Nadu. The requisite orders of the Court are awaited. 19