Cross-border attacks by the police in the name of investigation is becoming a recurring story. There are frequent reports of people being taken for questioning, accused and arrested slipping in the police station toilet. Footage shows them being taken away with one leg and one arm fully bandaged.
Apart from this, there are also reports that people who have been arrested in major cases have been shot dead by the police while trying to escape from the police.
Social activists are constantly raising their voices against the incidents of encounter. Sometimes there are allegations that such encounters are suspicious.
Similarly, suspicions arise among the people that the police department may have attacked in the cases of people slipping and falling in the toilet and hitting their hands and feet. Adding to this suspicion, a video of a policeman brutally assaulting some youths at Perumbakkam Police Station of Tambaram Corporation has surfaced on social media and has caused shock.
A video of youths being assaulted with obscene words is going viral. Even if the police department is your friend, this kind of attack will make the public distrust the police department.
The incident of father and son (Felix, Jayaraj) being taken to Satankulam for questioning shook Tamil Nadu. Now it is said to be happening in many places like the incident that is said to have happened in Perumbakkam. Social activists warn that all these incidents will lead to Satankulam-like incidents.
Even if the crime has been committed, the punishment should be given according to the law, and they question who gives the power to the police department to take the law into their own hands.
In order to prevent such incidents from taking place, movies like Inquiri, Jaybeam have been released to convey the pain behind it to the general public. However, they say that the attitude of the police department has not changed in many places. There has also been a demand that higher police officials should investigate the video circulating on social media and take action.
