BATHINDA, July 16 -- A Bathinda court will hear on July 31 a case against five police personnel accused of fabricating a custodial death as a drowning incident.

The case, heard on Tuesday by civil judge (junior division) Rasveen Kaur, involves inspector Navpreet Singh, the then head of Bathinda CIA-1, head constable Rajwinder Singh and three constables- Gaganpreet Singh, Harjeet Singh and Jaswinder Singh.

A fact-finding report filed on February 18 this year by then judicial magistrate (first class) Kuldeep Singh indicted the five for allegedly torturing a man to death in illegal custody and covering it up as drowning. Based on this report, the district court ordered them to stand trial for culpable homicide, causing disappearance of evi...