<p>Barely four days after their release from illegal detention in Kothanur police station, two women underwent a similar ordeal on Thursday. <br /><br /></p>.<p>This time, they were detained at Sampigehalli Police station by Inspector Nanjunde Gowda, according to a complaint filed with the Lokayukta police. <br /><br />Following a raid by the Lokayukta police, Inspector Purushottam and a constable were suspended for illegally detaining Deepika, her sister Suma, their family friend Babu and two others for five days and demanding money for their release. <br /><br />While Purushottam was arrested, constable Manjunath escaped with Rs five lakh in cash Babu’s relative Girish had brought to pay as “bribe” to Purushottam.<br /><br />On Wednesday, Inspector Gowda, who claimed to be a good friend of Purushottam, told the five persons to appear before him in the Sampigehalli station the next day, said Babu in his complaint to the Lokayukta police on Friday. <br /><br />Babu said: “The inspector told me that Purushottam was his very good friend and that I should not have lodged a complaint with the Lokayukta. <br /><br />“He also said that he was handling the investigation (into suicide of Naveen Kumar, Deepika’s husband). If any complaint was lodged against us, he would send us straight to jail.”<br /><br />Deepika and Suma were detained till 7 pm in the station, violating the rules that women cannot be detained in a police station after 6 pm.<br /><br />Babu said the police changed their statement with regard to Kumar’s death. “They say that Naveen Kumar and I were partners in the real estate business. But, we were never partners in any venture. Now, we really don’t know what to do,” he said.<br /><br />The Lokayukta police told Babu not to go to the police station the next time he was summoned.<br /><br />Though Additional Commissioner of Police T Suneel Kumar had earlier said that a special squad would be formed to trace the constable, the police have been unable to trace him. <br /></p>
<p>Barely four days after their release from illegal detention in Kothanur police station, two women underwent a similar ordeal on Thursday. <br /><br /></p>.<p>This time, they were detained at Sampigehalli Police station by Inspector Nanjunde Gowda, according to a complaint filed with the Lokayukta police. <br /><br />Following a raid by the Lokayukta police, Inspector Purushottam and a constable were suspended for illegally detaining Deepika, her sister Suma, their family friend Babu and two others for five days and demanding money for their release. <br /><br />While Purushottam was arrested, constable Manjunath escaped with Rs five lakh in cash Babu’s relative Girish had brought to pay as “bribe” to Purushottam.<br /><br />On Wednesday, Inspector Gowda, who claimed to be a good friend of Purushottam, told the five persons to appear before him in the Sampigehalli station the next day, said Babu in his complaint to the Lokayukta police on Friday. <br /><br />Babu said: “The inspector told me that Purushottam was his very good friend and that I should not have lodged a complaint with the Lokayukta. <br /><br />“He also said that he was handling the investigation (into suicide of Naveen Kumar, Deepika’s husband). If any complaint was lodged against us, he would send us straight to jail.”<br /><br />Deepika and Suma were detained till 7 pm in the station, violating the rules that women cannot be detained in a police station after 6 pm.<br /><br />Babu said the police changed their statement with regard to Kumar’s death. “They say that Naveen Kumar and I were partners in the real estate business. But, we were never partners in any venture. Now, we really don’t know what to do,” he said.<br /><br />The Lokayukta police told Babu not to go to the police station the next time he was summoned.<br /><br />Though Additional Commissioner of Police T Suneel Kumar had earlier said that a special squad would be formed to trace the constable, the police have been unable to trace him. <br /></p>
