Ambasamudram ASP, Balveer Singh
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The Tamil Nadu State Human Rights Commission has ordered an investigation into allegations that Ambasamudram Assistant Superintendent of Police Balveer Singh broke the tooth of suspects in custody utilizing reducing pliers.
Taking cognizance of a report printed in The Hindu, the SHRC directed the Inspector-General of Police/Director, Investigation Wing, to research the matter and submit an in depth report inside six weeks.
On Monday, Mr. Singh, a 2020 batch IPS officer was positioned in ‘vacancy reserve’, pending an inquiry.
Suspects in a case of try to homicide had accused Mr. Singh, on social media, of “breaking their teeth with blue metal and uprooting it with cutting plier” following their detention by the police for interrogation on March 23. Two separate inquiries, one by the Tirunelveli district administration, and one by the police, are underway, into the incident.
