Bastar's abusive top cop sent on sick leave

February 02, 2017 13:38

Just in: Bastar top cop DIG SRP Kalluri who threatened activists sent on medical leave. Kalluri had skipped a NHRC hearing saying he was on sick leave. Sundarraj P, Dantewada deputy inspector general of police has been put in charge of Bastar Range in south Chhattisgarh.

This comes in the aftermath of several complaints by activists, lawyers and human rights defenders who said they have received a string of abusive and threatening messages purportedly from phone numbers belonging to Kalluri.

Their 'crime': sending messages of concern to Kalluri regarding the hounding of the activist Bela Bhatia. Bhatia, an independent researcher, was threatened by a mob at her home near Bastar, virtually forcing her to leave, supposedly because she was part of an effort to uncover alleged human rights abuses by security forces.

Kalluri has been unwell for a while with kidney and heart problems.

Image: DIG Kalluri (centre) in a file picture.

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