Kerala". The report stated that a college lecturer was beaten mercllassly by the police as he had dared to question the fare demanded by the driver of an autorickshaw he had taken while visiting Kozhikode. When the ledurmr became unoonsciow, hla legs and hands were tied and he was shifted to a mental hospltd, and a case was made out that he was a violent mental patient. The mental hosphl did not admit him because of his eredous condition and he was taken to the Medical College. The reporters and photogrephers, who tried to obtain a first hand account of the torture Inflicted upon the victlm, were also assaulted by the police. The Commissionissued notices to th8 Chief Sauetary and [MP, Government of brala. According to the report submitted by the Commissioner of Polloe, the deeds of the concerned police officials were confirmed. On the baris of this factual confirmation, the Government had suspended the culprits (2 suMwpectonr, 1 ASI, 1 Head Constable, 3 Police Constables) and an enquiry was ordered agalnst them. Convinced that appropriate steps were being taken ageinst the culprits, the case was closed by the Cornmisslon. The Qwt. was drecled to rapor?the result of the diedpllnary action taken agalnst the delinquent officials with utmost expedition. Torture of a chlld by thm policm In ths Police $Won: RmJasthan (Cam No.I 313120h37) In a news item published in 'Dalnik Bhaskar' it wa8 reported that one Pardeep Sharma was arrested In a case of theft and subsequently when hla wlfe, Smt. Sunita, came to the police station to enquire about her husband, she was aalced to bring Rs.2500/- towards the cost of the stolen goods. She returned home. At night, two constables came to her residence and she was summoned to the Police Station. There the policemen misbehaved with her, snatched Rs.50W- from her purse and when her son, Rahul, aged 10 years, who had accompanied her, became emotional and started arguing, he was mercilessly beaten at the police station. On medical examination, 14 Injuries were found on the bcdy of the boy. The Commission took cognizance of the news item and gave notice to the S.P. AJmer. According to the report received by the Cornmidon from the SP Ajmer, Smt. Sunlta had refusedto accept the written information from the police In the poll- station and had threatened S.I. Dinesh that she would falsely implicate him tor thraahlng her son. It was also reported that the young boy was not brought to the p d b station nor we$ Smt. Sunlta &led b the police station and that the boy was haterr by hls mother to manlpulets a case agatnst tha pollee. On consideration, the Commission found the report -If-contradictory as it was mentioned, on the one hand, that the mother had threshed her aocr at the police atation making him unconscious, with the intention of falsely implicating the policemen and, on the other hand, it was stated in the report that the son was not pre68nt at the police station. The