Srinagar, Oct. 5 -- A court in Srinagar has rejected the bail pleas of eight Jammu & Kashmir Policemen, including a deputy superintendent of police (DSP), who were arrested by CBI in August on the orders of Supreme Court in the case of alleged brutal torture of a police constable at the joint interrogation centre (JIC) in north Kashmir's Kupwara in February 2023.

The chief judicial magistrate Aadil Mushtaq Ahmad on Saturday rejected the three bail pleas of deputy superintendent of police Aijaz Ahmad Naik, inspector Riyaz Ahmad Mir and other six policemen stating the case involves the grievous nature of custodial violence.

"In view of the cumulative material on record, the court is of the considered opinion that none of the three applica...