Srinagar, Aug. 21 -- The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today arrested two more policemen, taking the total number of arrests to eight, including a Deputy Superintendent of Police, in connection with the alleged custodial torture of constable Khursheed Ahmad Chohan in Kupwara in 2023, officials said.
The CBI had yesterday arrested DSP Aijaz Ahmad, Sub-Inspector Riyaz Ahmad, and four other cops in the case.
" During the investigation role of two more police men surfaced and they were formally arrested in case, " an official said.
The eight accused were produced before a local court today for remand.
The arrests of the eight took place nearly four weeks after the CBI registered an FIR on the directions of the Supreme Court. The F...