Sugumaran’s
mother, K. Manimagalay (right), is comforted by a relative after
viewing her youngest son’s body. — Picture by Choo Choy May
Three eyewitnesses alleged earlier today that four
policemen had handcuffed and then assaulted 39-year-old C. Sugumaran
together with a mob of more than 20 yesterday evening near the latter’s
house at Batu 12, Hulu Langat.
“At about 6.30pm yesterday, the police station at Batu 14
Hulu Langat received a call from a Malay man saying that an Indian man
was going amok and destroying public property,” Kajang OCPD ACP Abdul
Rashid Abdul Wahab told a press conference at the Kajang district police
headquarters here tonight.
He added that three policemen in a patrol car and a
motorbike tailed Sugumaran, who was on foot, for about two kilometres
from Dusun Sri Nanding to Taman Lagenda Suria in Hulu Langat as the
latter waved an iron rod, destroying flower vases near houses and
electrical wires, until he fell down in the middle of the road.
“The police, assisted by members of the public, held and
handcuffed the man as he was still acting aggressively and trying to
struggle during arrest,” said Abdul Rashid, stressing that the crowd did
not assault Sugumaran.
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