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CBI court convicts IG, 7 other cops in custodial death case in Himachal
The Morning Standard
|January 19, 2025
A special CBI court here on Saturday convicted the Himachal Pradesh inspector general of police and seven other policemen in the custodial death of an accused in the gang rape and murder of a 16-year-old girl in Himachal Pradesh's Kotkhai in 2017.
The court of special judge Alka Malik will pronounce the quantum of punishment on January 27.
The CBI court convicted IG Zahur Haider Zaidi, then deputy superintendent of police Manoj Joshi, then sub-inspector Rajinder Singh, then assistant SI Deep Chand Sharma, then head constables Mohan Lal, Surat Singh, Rafee Mohammad and then constable Ranjit Sateta.
All the convicted were taken into police custody.
The court acquitted the then superintendent of police DW Negi, his counsel Rabindra Pandit said.
This story is from the January 19, 2025 edition of The Morning Standard.
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