NEW DELHI: The gruesome tale of inhuman torture of Sikhs by police echoed poignantly in a Delhi court when the death of Mohinder Singh in police custody was announced and his two Sikh companions in mutilated condition were produced, Mohinder Singh and his friends were arrested from his residence in Delhi for their alleged involvement in the recent bomb explosions. Police maintained that the suspect had died of the injuries received by him while resisting arrest. The doctors attending on dying Mohinder Singh, however, disclosed that he had died because of the bursting of blood veins in the brain.
Police contention was testified when Mohinder’s companions were produced in the court. They could stand only with some support and they looked so mutilated as if they had been mauled by a wild animal.
Torture in police custody is a common practice in India and there are instances galore of suspects dying of the tortures.
Article extracted from this publication >> May 18, 1990
