SHRC fines cops Rs 50,000 on charges of harassment, filing false case
Chennai: The State Human Rights Commission has imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 on an inspector on charge of harassing owner of a company and foisting a false case against him. The commission also recommended the government to initiate disciplinary action against the cop.
In the petition, K.Gnanavel alias Tamilselvan submitted that he was running a Profit Trading Academy and giving training and awareness to people about online share market. A local resident P.S.Manohar joined as a member in the Fortune Trading Corporation and invested a sum of Rs 1 lakh. Due to the inflation, Manohar lost his amount. In order to collect the amount from Gnanavel, he lodged a false complaint to the Trichy Government Hospital police station against the trainer.
On December 2, 2014, two sub-inspectors and two constables to his office and directed him to appear before the Crime Branch Police, Woraiyur. When he visited the police station Kennedy, inspector of police (Crime), Woraiyur police station, Trichy city, abused him. His office manager Madava Prakash also came to the police station.
Kennedy assaulted Prakash and sustained injuries. Gnanavel assured the cop that he would pay Rs 55,000 shortly. Gnanavel said the action of Kennedy not in accordance with law and he ill-treated him and had violated his human rights.
In the reply, Kennedy denied all the allegations in the complaint. They cheated him to a tune of Rs 1.40 lakh by giving false promise and made him to invest Rs 1.40 lakh in their company and within two months they informed that the entire amount lost in business. The commission recommended government to initiate disciplinary action against Kennedy as per the rules. They had conducted meetings in hotels all over state and induced the public to invest in their company and nearly 120 persons in Trichy alone invested in it.
SHRC judge D. Jayachandran said the action on the part of Kennedy in not in accordance with law and he interfered in the civil matter, called upon complainant to the police station and tortured him to execute a letter to pay a sum of Rs 55,000 to Manohar for reasons best known to him. Hence, he had violated the human rights of Gnanavel. He is entitled to receive compensation of Rs 50,000 from the cop. The commission recommended the government to initiate disciplinary action against Kennedy as per rules.
