Srinagar, April 26 -- A court in Kupwara discharged a Deputy Superintendent of Police while ordering trial against seven other police personnel in an alleged 2023 custodial torture of a fellow police constable.
Principal District and Sessions Judge Kupwara, Manjeet Singh Manhas, in an order on April 24 held that no prima facie case was made out against DSP Aijaz Ahmad Naik, but found sufficient material to proceed against seven other accused officials.
The case stems from a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into allegations that a police constable, Khursheed Ahmed Chowhan, was illegally detained and subjected to custodial torture at the Joint Interrogation Centre (JIC) Kupwara between February 20 and February 26, 2023 "on the pr...