மெரினா போலீசு வன்முறை : விசாரணை ஆணையம் தோல்வி !

Place – Chennai

Date – 19.06.2017

Sub: POLICE EXCESS ON FISHERMAN DWELLERS AND ON MARINA EXCESSES

Before the Hon’ble Commission we submit the following faithful representation at your good offices.

1. We request the Hon’ble Commission to extend the period of Commission so as to enable the ignorant victims to file theirAffidavits and enable their effective representation before the Hon’ble Commission.

2. We submit that as the victims are uneducated and downtrodden, the Commission instead of claiming Affidavit can warmly accept victim’s representations. The victims are poor and ignorant who do not know the meaning and content of Affidavit formats.

3. We submit that the Commission itself may make elaborate arrangements and public efforts to do wide arrangements and infrastructure facilities to receive victims’ representations.

4. It is submitted that Commission must take responsibility to create public awareness so that affected public victims can easily represent and depose before the stipulated Commission. Even at the initial stage visit by the Hon’ble chairman was helped the people to overcome fear and it is submitted that they are not aware of the current position of the enquiry and are ignorant about the deposition and hearing which has been proceeded right now.

5. It is submitted that as the victims are poor and downtrodden, the to and fro travelling expenses accrue out of their travel for deposition purpose may be borne by the Commission itself.

6. It is submitted that the victims of police excess include disabled and paralyzed people; the to and fro travelling charges may be borne by the Commission itself.

7. It is submitted that the Commission may appoint delegated committee or the Commission itself to arrange for camp in the areas where police excess took place to enable the victims to depose their evidence.

8. It is submitted that the visit of the human rights Chair persons and the Chairman of the Commission to the police excess areas for spot verifications consoled the victims. But is requested that it is the need of the hour to appoint a delegate committee comprises of Advocates, Human Rights Activist, Journalist or any other appropriate persons to do legal aid, so as to arrange for a camp to collect affidavits or the material evidences whichever is necessary or available.

9. It is submitted that the police machinery is organized so as to enable to collect materials for their case. But the victims are unable to consolidate the materials available to prove their case. That necessitate a body of delegates should be appointed in this regard and does the needful.

It is therefore prayed that this Hon’ble Commission may be pleased to pass orders to extend the period of commission for victims to file affidavits and depose evidence, to engage delegate commission to visit and collect affidavit from the victims, to arrange campaign among victims for them to overcome fear to come forward to depose, to arrange infrastructure facilities to enable the victims to fearlessly represent their cause and to bear the victims’ traveling expenses for deposition and may pass such other Order or Orders to meet the ends of justice.