Senior Himachal Pradesh Cop, 7 Other Officers Get Life Term In Custodial Death Case
- A CBI court sentenced Himachal Pradesh Inspector General Zahoor Haider Zaidi and seven other police officers to life imprisonment for their involvement in the custodial death of Suraj Singh, an accused in a 2017 rape-murder case.
- The court convicted the officers on January 18, 2025, citing conspiracy, custodial torture, and destruction of evidence as reasons for their sentences.
- Suraj died during police interrogation on July 18, 2017, leading to public outrage and a CBI investigation that revealed he was tortured to extract a confession.
- The court acquitted former Superintendent of Police D.W. Negi due to insufficient evidence against him in the case.
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