Coimbatore / Salem: In the violations of the protocol which is blatantly intended to escort Unduls, Salem police on Wednesday allegedly allowed five accused of accusing a case of pollachi sexual attacks to meet and interact with their family members for several minutes on the roadside when they were taken back to prison Salem after being produced in the Mahila Court in the city.
Police Commissioner Salem Najmul Hoda has suspended the Special Sub-Inspector of the Police Subramaniam, Prabhu Police Class 1, Class 1 Police Velkumar, Karthik Police Class 1 and Constables Rajkumar, Natarajan and Rajesh Kumar, which is part of the escort team.
Police van brought five keys accused in the case – K Thirunavukkarasu from Makkinamatti, N patient from Jothi Nagar, N Sathish from Suleeswaranpatti, T international airport for several minutes.
The video of the police vehicle carrying the defendant was placed along the road with the open door and family members interact with the defendant became a viral on social media.
Family members seem to wait in place for police vehicles arriving.
“Even I want to know about this problem only after watching videos circulated on social media.
I have ordered a probe,” said Najmul Hoda.
The police sources said that the defendant in the case of Polachi’s sexual attack shifted from the central prison of Coimbatore to Salem Prison In 2019 following the report that they faced a threat at the coimbatore prison.
Since then they were taken to Coimbatore, about 170km from Salem, for court hearing.
On Wednesday, they were produced in court to provide a copy of the statement made against them by victims of sexual assault cases .
After undergoing a copy of the case was postponed until October 28, police said.
Superintendent Central Jail Salem Senthil Kumar said that they surrender charges police team armed Salem (AR) in the morning to take to Coimbatore.
“it is the responsibility of the personnel AR to The defendant was handed back to prison staff for Jadies Yudisia l, “he said.
The defendant was taken late at night back to prison.
Najmul Hoda said a representative of the commissioner police officer would investigate the incident and submit a report.