The Thoothukudi police have commenced an investigation against four police personnel over the alleged assault on a suspect during interrogation.
The accused personnel – three women constables and a sub-inspector of Muthiahpuram police station – have been placed under suspension. Thoothukudi district Superintendent of Police (SP) Balaji Saravanan told IANS that an investigation against them is underway.
The four police personnel were placed under suspension on Wednesday, 18 May, after a woman, Sumathi (40), complained that she was taken into custody and brutally assaulted. The woman is undergoing treatment at Thoothukudi Medical College Hospital, where doctors found that she had internal injuries.