THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Parents of four school students on Monday filed a complaint against Kattakada police in Thiruvananthapuram district accusing them of atrocity.
According to the parents, the cops, reportedly acting upon a false information, mistreated the students who were studying together near a temple at Anchuthenginmoodu near Thoongampara on Sunday.
The incident reportedly happened around 1pm.
The parents alleged that the students were beaten by the police using a cable and were taken to police station.
“When we tried to intervene, they threatened us and asked us to come to police station.
We then reached the station and we were asked to give our details and then leave with the children.
By evening, the children complained of pain and uneasiness and we took them to Kattakada community health centre,” said Santosh Kumar, a parent of one of the children said.
The parents said that police was misinformed by a family residing near the temple.
Rural SP entrusted Kattakada DySP with the probe.
The report will be submitted soon and further action will be taken later.
Police officials said that they received a call regarding gathering of anti-social elements near the temple.
A team was immediately sent to the temple where the cops were reportedly confronted by the students when they were asked why they had assembled at the temple amid the lockdown.
The cops then took them to station without knowing that they were minors.
When the cops learnt that they were plus one students, they summoned the parents and sent the students home.
No case was registered by the police against the students on charges of violation of lockdown measures.
On Monday, the parents met with Kattakada DySP and filed four separate complaints against the sub-inspector, circle inspector and other cops of Kattakada police station.
Senior police officials said that a department level probe is on and a report will be submitted soon.
Child rights commission chairman K V Manoj Kumar visited the children and took their statements.
A cable wire was also reportedly recovered from the police vehicle.
The commission has registered a case against the cops.
The parents said that the students complained of poor connectivity at home and usually went to the temple to access the online lessons.
They accessed the net from a public wifi enabled at a nearby computer centre, one of the parents said.