People’s Watch, a human rights organisation based in Madurai, strongly condemned the Tamil Nadu IPS Officers’ Association’s support for the suspended IPS officer Balveer Singh, accused of custodial violence. People’s Watch questioned whether all the IPS officers in Tamil Nadu shared the opinion that Balveer Singh was being subjected to a ‘media trial’. The statement said, “Media and public pressure alone have led to the few follow-ups [in the case] that we are witnessing today — whether it is the suspension of Balveer Singh IPS and putting him on a compulsory waitlist or placing SP Saravanan again on a compulsory wait list.”