They also questioned why two minors were kept in police custody, handcuffed, tortured and threatened to not speak about their abuse despite them violating the Juvenile Justice Act, 2015. The statement further asked whether the Ambasamudram police station had followed all the rules regarding the placement of CCTV cameras in police stations. Listing past instances where Balveer was accused of torture, the organisation questioned why the District Collector of Tirunelveli and the Superintendent of Police did not launch an immediate inquiry into the complaints. People’s Watch asked, “What would Abhash Kumar, IPS have to say about police parading ‘alleged criminals' before the media many times even before an FIR is registered and no investigation is carried out?” They further said that Balveer Singh has been accused of many counts of custodial violence at the Ambasamudram police station where he was the Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP). The Tamil Nadu IPS Officers’ Association, led by Abhash Kumar IPS, came to Balveer’s support by saying that the media was covering the issue in a “selective manner”.

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