Dharmendran yang digari alami 52 kecederaan setelah dibalun polis dalam penjara...

Mangsa yang mati dalam tahanan, N Dharmendran telah dipukul hingga mati ketika digari, demikian dibayangkan dalam laporan awal bedah siasat yang didedahkan hari ini.

Laporan bertulis oleh pakar patologi forensik Dr Siew Sheue Feng dari Hospital Kuala Lumpur (HKL) itu membuat kesimpulan bahawa tidak ada luka defensif pada badan Dharmendran.

Peguam keluarga tersebut, N Surendran memberitahu satu sidang akhbar hari ini bahawa ia agak jelas bahawa semasa dipukul, mangsa digari dan dalam kedudukan yang lebih rendah, mungkin melutut atau sesuatu.

Dharmendran telah mengalami 52 tanda kecederaan di seluruh tubuhnya, dari kepala ke kaki.

Surendran menegaskan bahawa ini adalah "lebih teruk daripada kes A Kugan" pada tahun 2009.

Menurut bedah siasat, tompok lebam garis berganda, dipercayai kesan tanda rotan, ditemui dalam corak selari serong di bahagian bawah  belakang.

 "Kita hanya boleh membuat spekulasi tetapi ia nampak seperti tanda rotan, atau sesuatu yang serupa dengannya," kata Surendran.

Satu corak lebam menyerupai nombor lapan yang tidak lengkap ditemui di tulang pinggul.

Menurut bedah siasat, tompokan lebam garis berganda, dipercayai kesan tanda rotan, ditemui dalam corak selari serong di bahagian bawah  belakang.

"Kita hanya boleh membuat spekulasi tetapi ia nampak seperti tanda rotan, atau sesuatu yang serupa dengannya," kata Surendran.

Satu corak lebam menyerupai nombor lapan yang tidak lengkap ditemui di tulang pinggul.

Terdapat juga satu lagi lebam garis berganda pada pergelangan Dhamendran yang konsisten dengan tanda gari.

Bedah siasat itu juga melaporkan banyak kesan lebam hitam di wajahnya, kawasan dada, bahu, kaki, kulit kepala dan belakang, yang digambarkan oleh Surendran sebagai "lebam bertindih".

Abdomennya, di bawah kawasan buah pinggang dan pusat, juga mempunyai kesan yang sama.

Kedua-dua telinga Dhamendran itu terdapat kesan luka 'staple' dengan 'staple' masih ada di situ manakala kakinya terdapat luka tusukan, juga dipercayai dari 'staple' yang telah dibuang.

Menurut Surendran, terdapat luka staple yang konsisten dan menurutnya ia menunjukkan bahawa stapler telah digunakan untuk menyeksanya.

Beberapa lebam lain yang dijumpai pada badan Dhamendran ialah: darah beku tebal pada bahagian bawah paha kanannya, berukuran 28 x 20 cm.

• Satu tanda darah beku yang banyak paha kirinya, berukuran 50 x 31 cm.

• Lebam berukuran 23 x 14 cm pada bahagian bawah kaki kiri.

• Darah beku berukuran 9 x 6.5cm pada sebelah kiri mukanya.

• Tanda  lebam di leher dan bahagian atas dada, berukuran 13 x 8cm.

 A handcuffed Dharmendran suffered 52 injuries...

Death in custody victim N Dharmendran was defencelessly beaten to death while handcuffed, suggests the preliminary report of post-mortem examination revealed today.

The written report by forensic pathologist Dr Siew Sheue Feng from Kuala Lumpur Hospital (HKL) concluded that there were no defensive wounds found on Dharmendran’s body.

“It was quite clear that during his beating he was handcuffed, and in a lower position, possibly kneeling or something,” family lawyer N Surendran said at a press conference at PKR HQ today.

Dharmendran had sustained 52 marks of injury throughout his body, ranging from head to toe.

Surendran declared that this was “even worse than A Kugan’s case” in 2009.

According to the autopsy, a group of double ‘tram line' bruises, believed to be from rotan marks, were found in a parallel oblique pattern on his lower back and posterior.

"We can only speculate but these look like rotan marks, or something similar," Surendran said.

A patterned bruise, resembling an incomplete number 8 was found on his hip bone.

There was also another double ‘tram line' bruise on Dhamendran's wrist-hand consistent with handcuff marks.

The autopsy also reported numerous blackened bruises on his face, the chest area, shoulders, legs, scalp and back, which Surendran described as "overlapping bruises". 

His abdomen, below the kidney area, loins, and navel also carried similar marks .

Both Dhamendran's ears were found with staple wounds with the staples still there while his legs had puncture wounds, also believed to be from staples that had been removed.

"These are consistent staple wounds, and this indicates that they had used a stapler to torture him," Surendran said. 

Some other bruises found on Dhamendran's body were:A thick blood clot on his lower right thigh, measuring 28 x 20cm.

• An extensive blood clot on his left thigh, measuring 50 x 31cm

• Bruise measuring 23 x 14 cm on lower left leg

• Blood clots measuring 9 x 6.5cm on left half of his face

• Patchy bruises on his neck and upper chest, measuring 13 x 8cm

While the police have classified Dharmendran's death as murder under section 302 of the Penal Code, the four officers being probed are still serving desk duties.

Today Dharmendran’s widow took offence that the perpetrators were still walking free and demanded they beimmediately arrested.

Dharmendran's death recalls similar circumstances surrounding 22-year-old A Kugan's in 2009 (right).

The youth was detained over alleged car theft and died in custody of horrific mulltiple wounds to his entire body and internal organs, although police originally claimed he died of an asthma attack. 

'Neither self-inflicted nor accidental'

Dr Siew concluded in her report that the overall pattern of these injuries revealed that they were neither self-inflicted nor accidental in nature.

Surendran also concluded that it means Dhamendran had been in good health when he first entered the lockup.

"Dhamendran was beaten on every part of his body, and not one inch was spared," he added.

"We can only imagine the pain and agony he endured during the last moments of his life as he was (allegedly) handcuffed and beaten to death.

"He was a man with hopes and dreams, a heart and a family. And they (police) took everything away from him."- malaysiakini

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