Being tortured to accept association with ‘a political party‘: Five Parliament security breach case accused tell Court
The Hindu
Five of the six arrested in the Parliament security breach case allege electric shocks and forced confessions.
Five of the six arrested in the Parliament security breach case moved an application in the Patiala House Court informing the court about electric shocks given to them to confess the crime and to accept their association with political parties. They also said that they were made to sign on 70 blank papers.
Five of the six accused, Manoranjan D, Sagar Sharma, Lalit Jha, Amol Shinde and Mahesh Kumawat, made the allegations. The sixth accused in the case is Neelam Azad, had refused to undergo polygraph test.
They were pressurised to name a political party by the person conducting narco/polygraph test, they said in an application in the court of Special judge Hardeep Kaur, who extended the judicial custody of all the six accused till March 1.
The Court sought a reply from police in the matter and fixed February 17 for hearing the application.
(With inputs from PTI)
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