Chennai: As many as 29 victims of police assault, belonging to the fishing hamlets of Marina beach, will move the principle sessions court on Wednesday, urging the judge to grant them bail citing their injuries sustained during Monday violence.
Agitated and shattered over the alleged violence of police personnel, the victims being treated at Royapettah Government hospital shared with DC their shocking tales. With tears welling in her eyes, S. Devi, whose 24-year-old son was brutally beaten, said that the act portrays the the cruelty of city police. "My son was attacked in private parts. Who would vouch for his life? They have no right to vent out their anger on innocent people. I requested the police to not cane him. But they didn't bother," said S. Devi, who owns a small food outlet at Marina beach.
"He did not take part in agitations. He was also not involved in any violence. Almost 10 police personnel, including women cops, barged into our houses and indulged in such atrocities," said Devi.
The majority of the youngsters belonging to Ayodhya Nagar and Nadukuppam near Parthasarathy temple arch was attacked in the presence of their parents, giving no chance for them to prove innocence.
Narrating a similar tale, T. Suguna, a resident of Ayodhya Nagar, said, "My daughter's brother-in-law who was in the house was bashed severely and our house was damaged too. I pleaded with them to stop as he suffers seizures. I had never seen someone so rude."
All victims are being treated for fractures, swollen organs and severe external injuries. They were produced before the magistrate on Monday after the attact and he consented to the objection raised for remand. "Having noticed the external injuries, we requested the judge to admit them to hospital," said advocate R. Thirumurthy.
He would be filing a bail application on Wednesday under section 482, on the behalf of victims. Condemning the attack, he said, "It is a custodial torture. Rather than taking the law into their hands, police could have produced them before the magistrate."
As the locality comes under the jurisdictions of Marina police station, the Mylapore police who arrested the youth have handed them over to the former.
Rubbishing the statements, a senior police officer said, "We had arrested youngsters involved in burning vehicles at Ice House police station."
