Judicial custody of Zaidi, 8 cops extended

CBI CHARGEHSEET HAS ACCUSED THEM OF CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY AND DESTRUCTION OF EVIDENCE

SHIMLA : The local court on Thursday extended the judicial custody of inspector general of police (IG) Zahur Zaidi and eight other cops till December 19 in the custodial death case of an accused in the Kotkhai rape and murder case.

The CBI had filed a chargesheet against eight cops, including Zaidi, on November 25, accusing them of the custodial death of Suraj Kumar, an accused in the Kotkhai rape and murder case.

The CBI chargehseet also accused them of criminal conspiracy and destruction of evidence.

The CBI petition seeking to conduct a voice sampling test of the accused cops, except of former Shimla superintendent of police (SP) DW Negi, is pending in the court.

The CBI had arrested Zaidi, deputy superintendent of police Manoj Joshi, sub-inspector Rajinder Singh, the head of the Kotkhai police station, assistant sub-inspector Deep Chand, head constables Rafee Mohammad, Mohan Lal, Surat Singh and Ranjeet Streta on August 29, while Negi was arrested on November 16 in the same case.

The chargesheet says the SIT made “false entries in records and submitted fabricated reports” to the state police chief and claimed that another gangrape accused, Rajinder, had killed Suraj in the lock-up at Kotkhai police station.

“The injuries on Suraj’s body were sustained by a blunt, hard cylindrical object such as a lathi. The medical board rules out the possibility of sustaining injury in a scuffle with another individual,” the chargesheet says, that was submitted on November 25.

On December 20, the CBI will file the status report on the Kotkhai rape and murder case in the high court.

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