Chennai:The Communist Party of India's (CPI) Tamil Nadu unit on Sunday demanded the state police scrap the Friends of Police (FoP) scheme permanently and not for just two months.
In a statement issued here, CPI State Secretary R Mutharasan said, as per reports, police in Sathankulam police station in Tuticorin district had used the FoP personnel in assaulting P Jeyaraj and his son J Bennicks, resulting in their custodial death.
Even at the time of introduction of the FoP, a warning was issued that the scheme would be misused, he said.