After nearly seven years, Japanese national gets ₹75,000 compensation for 19-day jail term in Bengaluru
A Japanese national, Hirotoshi Tanaka, received compensation from the Karnataka government after being wrongfully detained for 19 days in 2019. The case highlights his struggle with the legal system following a dispute at an English language academy in Bengaluru.
Why it matters
The case underscores issues regarding human rights, police conduct, and the challenges faced by foreign nationals within the Indian legal system.
Nearly seven years after arriving in Bengaluru to study English but instead finding himself entangled in a criminal case, an alleged police bribery and a prolonged legal battle, Japanese national Hirotoshi Tanaka has finally received ₹75,000 in compensation from the Karnataka government.
The payment follows an order of the Karnataka State Human Rights Commission (KSHRC), which held that Mr. Tanaka had been unnecessarily kept in judicial custody for 19 days in 2019.
Speaking to The Hindu over a phone call from his hometown of Yaizu in Japan’s Shizuoka Prefecture, he recalled the ordeal that began shortly after he arrived in Bengaluru in October 2019.
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