Imphal, November 29: Manipur Human Rights Commission (MHRC) has asked Director General of Police (DGP) to submit a report on a complaint pertaining to alleged thrashing of a woman severely before her husband and son by a police officer of Wangoi Police station after being summoned.

The complaint petitioner, Indu Devi of Mutum Phibou Awang Leikai, said that she was summoned to Wangoi Police Station on November 10 at 3 pm.

Accordingly she went to the police station along with her husband and son, but the Officer-in-Charge (OC) told them to come on the following day and at the same timing.

When they reached the police station on the next day, one Sub-Inspector produced an already drafted letter and forcibly obtained her signature.

The letter said she should pay Rs 25,240 to one individual.

When she protested against the act of the police officer, the latter thrashed her before her husband and son, she said in the complaint petition.

Besides slapping on both sides of her face, the police officer allegedly shook her by clutching his hand around the neck several times with an attempt to strangulate her, the compliant petition further charged.

Indu also charged the police officer with bashing up his son.

Their lives, however, was saved when the OC of the station arrived and intervened, he said.

Indu filed a written application against the police officer with the DGP on Wednesday and subsequently she was summoned by the OC on Friday.

The complaint petition further informed that the woman was again summoned by the Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) of Imphal West asking her to appear at his office on Saturday.

But when she went to the office along with one lawyer, she was told to come on Sunday.

The acts of the police officers in summoning the petitioner to the police station repeatedly amounts to violation of human rights and torturing a woman "in the police station amounts to slapping a blow to he rule of law, the petitioner contended.

The petitioner, among other prayed before the rights panel to direct the State Government authorities concerned for giving adequate compensation by attaching the salaries of the errant police officers and issue direction to the DGP to register a criminal case against the guilty officers.

After perusing the complaint, the rights panel headed by its chairman retired Chief Justice WA Shishak on today asked the State police chief to submit a report on the matter within four weeks.

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