SC to Hear Plea Alleging Torture of Kathua Witness

SRINAGAR, (PTK): The Supreme Court will hear on Wednesday a petition alleging that Talib Hussain, a key witness in the Kathua gang rape and murder case, is being tortured by the Jammu and Kashmir police in a fake rape case.

A bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices D Y Chandrachud and Indira Banerjee considered the submission of a close relative of Hussain, seeking urgent hearing on the plea.

A habeas corpus (produce the body) writ petition has been filed by the cousin of the witness. It alleges that Hussain has been kept in illegal detention and being subjected to custodial torture.

Hussain’s family alleged that he is being tortured in police custody in a fake rape case. (PTK)