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Time of India
3 hours ago
- Time of India
CBI begins probe into custodial torture of J&K constable
S RINAGAR: A CBI team reached Srinagar on Monday and began its investigation into the alleged custodial torture of J&K Police constable Khursheed Ahmad Chohan in Kupwara in 2023. Officials said, following Supreme Court directive, CBI registered a case on July 26 against six J&K Police personnel, including DSP Aijaz Ahmad Naiko and SI Riyaz Ahmad, posted at the Joint Interrogation Centre (JIC) in Kupwara in Feb 2023. The FIR against them includes charges of criminal conspiracy, attempt to murder, voluntarily causing grievous hurt by dangerous weapons or means, and wrongful confinement for more than three days. After Chohan filed a petition, the Supreme Court, on July 21, ordered CBI to register a case about illegal detention and custodial torture at JIC from Feb 20 to Feb 26, 2023. Chohan had earlier approached J&K High Court seeking registration of FIR, but his plea was dismissed, prompting him to move apex court. The CBI's FIR includes translation of a complaint filed by Chohan's wife, Rubeena Akhter, on March 1, 2023. She had filed the complaint in Urdu, which CBI translated in English and made it part of the FIR. In her complaint, she stated her husband was illegally detained and subjected to brutal torture. She alleged Chohan was beaten with iron rods and wooden sticks, given electric shocks and left in a near-death condition. She alleged his private part was severed, iron rods inserted into his body, red chili powder forced into his rectum, and repeatedly electrocuted. In its order, SC directed CBI to arrest those responsible "forthwith and not later than a period of one month.' The court has given the agency a 90-day deadline to complete the investigation.
United News of India
22-07-2025
- Politics
- United News of India
Mehbooba demands urgent scrutiny of all joint interrogation centres
Srinagar, July 22 (UNI) A Day after Supreme Court ordered a CBI probe in Kupwara custodial torture case of policeman in 2023, Peoples Democratic Party chief Mehbooba Mufti today demanded urgent systemic reform and scrutiny of all joint interrogation centres(JICs). "A man was tortured so brutally that his genitals were mutilated is a chilling reminder of custodial abuse in J&K. SC's order for a CBI probe, arrests & ₹50L compensation is a long overdue step," she said in a post on X. "This isn't an aberration, systemic reform & scrutiny of all JICs is urgently needed." The Supreme Court yesterday ordered a CBI probe into allegations of custodial torture of constable Khursheed Ahmad Chohan at the JIC in Kupwara district. The court directed the immediate arrest of the police officers involved and ordered J&K to pay Rs 50 lakh as compensation to the victim. UNI MJR GNK
