HC Orders Medical Team To Examine Inmates Who Escaped From Theni Jail
A division bench comprising Justice A.D. Jagadish Chandira and Justice B. Karthikeyan directed the Deans of government medical colleges in Salem and Tirunelveli to form a team of three doctors to visit the prison and examine the prisoners.
Chennai: The Madras high court has ordered a team of three doctors to examine the undertrial prisoners who had escaped from the Theni prison and were captured by the police following complaints from mothers of two prisoners that their sons were subjected to physical assault by the police after their return to the jail.
A division bench comprising Justice A.D. Jagadish Chandira and Justice B. Karthikeyan directed the Deans of government medical colleges in Salem and Tirunelveli to form a team of three doctors to visit the prison and examine the prisoners.
Mother of one of the prisoners in her petition to the court complained that her son shifted to Salem Central prison was subjected to physical assault by the prison wardens. She also said the prisoner suffered grievous injuries but no treatment was provided.
She wanted the prison authorities to provide proper and adequate medical treatment to the prisoners by admitting them to the government hospital in Salem for complete medical examination and further treatment. The judges ordered the order compliance report by November 6.
