BANTWAL : The Vittal police have been accused of committing atrocities on four
students after detaining them on charges of stealing the mobile set of a lecturer. The
students were taken into custody after Jayaram Shetty complained against them
following the theft of his mobile. It is learnt, the police detained Sandeep, Sharath,
children of Gopal Nayak of Kolnad and Pradeep and Avinash, children of Gopal
Nayak’s brother Narayan Nayak and committed atrocities on them after stripping them.
The Vittal head constable Babu Gowda and his personnel have been named as the
accused.
If Sandeep is a ninth standard student of Salettur High School, Sharath is a sixth standard
student of Salettur Higher Primary School. Pradeep and Avinash are students of Manchi
High School. Of the students, Sharath is in a critical state and has been admitted to
Bantwal Government Hospital.
The police who arrived at the Salettur play grounds on September 1, when the children
were playing as it was a holiday on account of Janmashtami, took the students to the
station. The cops, it is learnt, abused Gopal Nayak who opposed their action.
It is said the children who were taken to the station were stripped right in front of their
parents and caned. Sharath collapsed in custody and was admitted to the Bantwal
Government Hospital. The cops have also been accused of forcibly securing Rs 60 from
Narayan Nayak for ordering tea.
A complaint has been lodged with the SP and action has been demanded against the
guilty police.
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