Defence minister Rajnath Singh’s assurance of ensuring justice within a month notwithstanding, it took police over four months to produce the four torture survivors of the Poonch custodial killings before a magistrate to record their statements under section 164 Cr PC, a mandatory requirement under law. At least four soldiers were killed and three others injured after their convoy was …
Over three months after three men were tortured to death and six others were injured inside an army camp of 48 RR in Poonch’s Bafliaz on December 22 last year, the torture survivors are yet to record their statements before a magistrate, a mandatory requirement under Section 164 of the Indian Code of Criminal Procedure. However, it’s been over three …
