CBI books J-K Police DSP, 5 other officials for ‘brutal custodial torture’ on fellow constable

NEW DELHI:  The CBI has booked six officials of the Jammu and Kashmir Police following allegations of inflicting “brutal and inhuman custodial torture” on a fellow police constable two years ago.

In its FIR registered on the orders of the Supreme Court, the central agency has named Deputy Superintendent of Police Aijaz Ahmad Naiko and five others, who were then posted at the Joint Interrogation Centre, Kupwara, officials said.

Apart from DSP Naiko, Sub-Inspector Riyaz Ahmad and four other J&K Police officials– Jahangir Ahmad, Imtiyaz Ahmad, Mohammed Younis and Shakir Ahmad– have been named in the FIR for allegedly inflicting “brutal and inhuman custodial torture” over six days on Constable Khursheed Ahmad Chohan.(PTI)