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The incident occurred when the police personnel, in mufti dress, were reportedly returning to the police station in a car, after nabbing an accused in a POCSO case, they said. Usman was allegedly attacked by the police personnel when he protested after his motor bike was hit by their car near a government school in Edathala.
An altercation occurred following the incident and Usman was forcefully taken to the Edathala police station in their car. Usman, who suffered a broken cheek bone in the attack, has been admitted to a private hospital near here, police said.
Usman’s relatives alleged that he was brutally tortured in the custody too. He was taken to hospital after the people in large number reached the police station last evening protesting against the incident. Four personnel have been booked in connection with the incident, they said.
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The opposition has alleged that the “laxity and lapse” on the part of the local police was the reason for the alleged incident of honour killing of a Dalit Christian man in Kottayam last month. On April 9, a 26-year-old man had died of alleged torture in police custody in nearby Varappuzha.