The family of a Montreal man who died during a police operation has been awarded $30,000 in damages in a civil suit against Quebec’s police watchdog.

In his ruling issued Tuesday, Quebec court Judge Louis Riverin found the investigative body was neither impartial nor transparent in its communications with the public about the case.

Koray Kevin Celik died at age 28 in March 2017 after his parents called 911 saying he was intoxicated and in crisis. 

Four Montreal police officers responded to the call at the family’s home in the suburb of Île–Bizard.

June and Cesur Celik say they watched as their son was kicked, choked and beaten with batons until