India’s federal investigation agency on Wednesday arrested six police personnel, including a deputy superintendent of police, in connection with the alleged custodial torture of a constable in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said.
The arrests, which also include an inspector, an assistant sub-inspector and a special police officer (SPO), came weeks after the Supreme Court ordered the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to file a case into what it described as “brutal and inhuman” torture.
The court said the constable had been illegally detained and subjected to electric shocks and assault on his genitalia, calling the injuries “life-debilitating” and the abuse “egregious.”
On July 21, the top court directed the CBI to register a case and ordered the union territory administration to pay the victim 5 million rupees ($60,000) in compensation.
The accused officers have been directed to hand over their weapons and government-issued articles to district police lines, the officials said. The SPO has also been dismissed from service.
Further investigation is under way, they added.
