Threats, deaths: Custodial torture charges take troubling routes

Assault on Youth Congress leader in Kunnamkulam, videos of which were released recently, has once again shed light on unruly behaviour by policemen in state

- SHAN A S @ T'Puram

THE case of Youth Congress leader Sujith V S has brought into sharp focus allegations of police brutality that keep surfacing across the state.

Sujith, from Kunnamkulam, was taken into custody on April 6, 2023, after he intervened when police questioned his friends who were standing roadside at night. When he resisted, officers allegedly assaulted him. He was later released on bail. In the months that followed, Sujith sought CCTV footage of the incident through RTI, only to be told it was unavailable. After a two-year battle, involving multiple appeals and intervention by the Information Commission, he finally secured the visuals, which were released recently.