Clamour for judicial probe into 25-yr-old's death in J&K

DEMANDS are intensifying for judicial inquiry into the circumstances that led to the death of 25-year-old Gujjar youth Makhan Din in Billawar area of Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district after his alleged torture in police custody.

- FAYAZ WANI @ Srinagar

A video of the deceased surfaced on social media in which he says he had no militant links and was brutally tortured by the police and was consuming insecticide to commit suicide.

In the purported 3.48-minute video, which has been shot inside a mosque, Makhan swears by the Holy Quran that he has no clue about militant activities. He alleged he was beaten by cops in the police station and had to make up a story as he was beaten ruthlessly.