Important news . A similar incident happened recently in Kerala where a man was
tortured brutally and he eventually admitted the crime which he is not at all
involved . then the police charged case against him. Is it that the police
keep a person for 24 hours before producing before the court ? Then police have
enough time to torture .
Sreenivas
On Tuesday, 25 November 2014 12:49 AM, Sukla Sen <[email protected]>
wrote:
[This is for sure not a news about a man biting a dog.
Nor it is a springboard for launching an attack on the Hindutva
Brigade for their atrocious conducts.
But it is the very pedestrian, the very "commonplace", character of
the news makes it all this significant.
What is really noteworthy here is: "The Gazis filed a case of theft
and the Charkop police arrested the maid on November 13. She denied
stealing anything from Gazis' flat, but after sustained interrogation,
she reportedly admitted the crime to avoid torture."
Now, no one, repeat no one, in a right frame of mind would imagine
that one would own up the charge of stealing in mere "anticipation" of
torture. Never mind that in a civilised society even such an
"anticipation" would normally be considered shocking enough. But India
evidently does not belong to that category. Here custodial torture, in
case of the poor and marginalised in particular, is so routine that
hardly anyone flinches.
So, on rather expected lines, the reporter here does not make even the
faintest of an attempt to raise the issue, let alone investigate, how
come the unfortunate woman made a "confession" owning up the "theft"
which she had never committed, in mere "anticipation" of torture.
That's how things work here! As a matter of mere routine!]
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Charkop-family-gets-maid-arrested-for-theft-but-probe-finds-relative-was-culprit/articleshow/45252407.cms
Charkop family gets maid arrested for theft, but probe finds relative
was culprit
Vijay V Singh,TNN | Nov 23, 2014, 11.51 PM IST
MUMBAI: Suspecting her maid of stealing a bracelet worth Rs 2.10 lakh
among other valuables, a Charkop woman got her arrested. But she was
shocked when the police, with the help of a bar girl, found that the
real culprit was a relative.
As the innocent maid had been remanded in jail custody till December
1, the police on Saturday requested the court to release her.
Heena Gazi, who lives in Ekta Nagar with her businessman husband, had
hired the maid two months ago. Heena told the police that when she
started noticing cash and valuables missing from the house, she began
keeping an eye on the maid as she didn't have evidence to accuse her.
On November 9, when the maid said she wanted to quit as she was
getting better pay elsewhere, Heena assumed that she might have stolen
a huge sum. On checking all her valuables, she found the bracelet
missing from the cupboard.
The Gazis filed a case of theft and the Charkop police arrested the
maid on November 13. ***She denied stealing anything from Gazis' flat,
but *after sustained interrogation*, she reportedly admitted the crime
to avoid torture*** [emphasis added]. "But we did not recover any
valuables from her," said a police officer.
Convinced that the maid was innocent, the police then decided to
inquire with the building security guard and others. On learning from
the guard that Heena's relative, Saddam Gazi, would often go to the
flat when the family was not in, cops kept a watch on him and learnt
that he frequented a ladies' bar in Kandivli . The police inquired
with the bar employees and learnt that the last few days, Saddam had
been showering a lot of money on a bar girl. When the bar girl told
the police that she had recently seen an expensive bracelet on
Saddam's wrist, they convinced her to help them nail him. "We picked
Saddam for questioning and confronted him with the bar girl. He broke
down and confessed to the crime," said Pradeep Raorane, assistant
police inspector.
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