
State Human Rights Commission – SHRC has directed the Tamil Nadu Government to pay a compensation of 4.5 lakh to a businessman who was tortured in custody by the Tirunelveli police ten years ago. The SHRC bench headed by D Jayachandran also recommended to initiate disciplinary action and to initiate criminal prosecution against policemen Nagarajan and Vijayakumar, then inspector and sub-inspector at Palayamkottai police station, and three police constables for implicating the petitioner in a false theft case.
