Bleeding in mind brought on remand prisoner’s dying: Autopsy report

By Express News Service
KOTTAYAM: The dying of a remand prisoner — Shefique (36) — on the Government Medical College Hospital right here on Wednesday has kicked up an argument after his relations and kinfolk alleged that he died due to custodial torture.

With Congress and Youth Congress activists staging protests demanding motion in opposition to the police in reference to the incident, the MCH campus witnessed dramatic scenes on Thursday. Shefique, of Vattakappara home in Kanjirappally, was taken into custody on Tuesday morning in reference to a dishonest case registered on the Udayamperoor police station.

He handed away after being admitted to the MCH right here with critical head accidents on Wednesday.  While the police mentioned Shefique sustained the accidents when he collapsed due to epileptic seizure, his father Muhammed Ismayil and brother Sameer alleged that police torture brought on them. Sameer, who prostrated earlier than Fort Kochi RDO and Sub-Collector Haaris Rasheed when he arrived on the MCH to guide inquest proceedings, demanded stringent motion in opposition to those that tortured his brother.

According to the preliminary findings of the postmortem examination, subdural hematoma (bleeding attributable to traumatic mind damage) brought on Shefique’s dying. The post-mortem noticed a lacerated wound on the brow and a deep contusion on the again of the pinnacle, which could have led to subdural hematoma. “The injuries could have been caused when the person collapsed and hit his head on the floor,” mentioned a forensic knowledgeable.

Forensic consultants are learnt to have dominated out the probabilities of custodial torture as critical accidents weren’t discovered on the physique. The police personnel additionally produced CCTV footage earlier than the forensic group displaying Shefique falling down and hitting his head on the ground. Earlier, the inquest was held beneath the aegis of Haaris Rasheed and Tripunithura Judicial First Class Magistrate Biswajith. The post-mortem proceedings had been held as per the rules of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) in instances of custodial deaths. 

SHRC seeks reportThe State Human Rights Commission has registered a case suo motu in reference to the dying of Shefique. Based on media reviews, SHRC chairman Justice (rtd) Anthony Dominic directed the jail DGP and the Kottayam district police chief to conduct probe and submit report in 3 weeks.

Jail DIG begins probeKochi: An inquiry by DIG Prisons (Central Zone) Sam Thankayyan has begun within the case associated to the dying of the remand prisoner lodged at District Jail, Kakkanad. The DIG collected statements of the inmates and examined the CCTV footage contained in the jail premises.