ALAPPUZHA: DySP who rubbed stinging nettle plant on the accused after stripping him has been jailed and fined. Alappuzha DySP Madhubabu has been sentenced to one-month imprisonment and a fine of Rs 1000. The sentence was passed by the Cherthala Judicial Magistrate Court. The incident in question took place 18 years ago. Madhubabu was Chertala sub-inspector when the incident took place. The court also punished the head constable who was with him.

SI's stinging nettle plant treatment was in August 2006. The case is that SI Madhubabu took Siddharthan into custody and rubbed a stinging nettle plant on him. Siddharth had complained that the operation of a coir factory in the region was polluting the nearby areas and protested against it. He was taken into police custody in connection with this.

Later, Siddharth filed a complaint and approached the police in writing that Cherthala SI Madhubabu and the head constable stripped him naked and rubbed a stinging nettle plant on him. Police registered a case in 2007 a year after the complaint. However, the proceedings of the case were prolonged. Siddharth finally got justice after many years.