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forced to sign on a written statement that
some men beat him up and that the police
saved him from them. A departmental
probe into the matter was ordered. 17
On 19 March 2004, two Delhi police
constables posted at the Sunlight Colony
police post in Srinivaspuri of East Delhi
allegedly picked up one Rajan Sharma, a
play actor of the Patri Pe Bachpan, while
he was playing ludo with two friends.
While his friend ran away, Rajan was
caught and picked up. On the way to the
Sunlight Colony police post, the
constables slapped and punched Rajan on
the face and kicked him on the back. Two
hours later when injured Rajan called up
his friends from Jamghaat, a street
children theatre group, the police realised
its mistake and offered Rs 50 to Rajan to
keep his mouth shut. No action was
allegedly taken against the two constables
despite submission of a written complaint
to the Station House Officer of
Srinivaspuri Police station. 18
At around 10.30 pm on 11 June 2004,
a 42-year-old senior bank manager and his
14-year-old son, both residents of Mayur
Vihar in East Delhi were arrested by five
policemen when they were about to reach
their home. They forcibly took them to
Faridabad in Haryana and later to the
Malviya Nagar police station in Delhi. The
manager was reportedly made to sign
some blank papers. They were detained
illegally at the police station on cheating
charges for more than three hours. He and
his son were released only after the ACP of
the sub-division intervened at 3.30 am on
12 June 2004. 19
On 16 April 2004, three under-trials
were reportedly assaulted in Patiala House
Court’s transit lockup by the police
because one of the inmates Man Bahadur
picked two cups of tea, one for himself and
the other for his friend Lohman, who was
handicapped and had difficulties in
walking. The three undertrials- Bahadur,
Amir and Lohman - who were arrested in
2003 on charges of planning a dacoity,
were being produced in the court of
Special Judge H.P. Sharma. They
reportedly looked so unfit that the Special
Judge had to order their medical
examination. Bahadur was facing
difficulty in walking and Lohman had a
swollen mouth due to beating by the
police. The police, however, claimed that
the inmates fought amongst themselves for
tea. 20
On 28 April 2004, an eight-year-old
boy, Sahil, was beaten and abused by a
police official after he had broken a glass
of the police officer while playing. He had
to be reportedly hospitalized. But, the
police refused to register any case despite
calling up the police control room. The
NHRC intervened in the matter. 21
On 4 May 2004, one Tinku, a resident
of Jwala Nagar, Shahadara in East Delhi
was riding his motorcycle with his 13-yearold
brother, Sunny, reportedly without
helmets. The Station House Officer of
Vivek Vihar Police Station, Ram Niwas
Vashisht and his staff were in Kasturba
Nagar and signalled them to stop. Tinku
reportedly did not obey and sped off, but the
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