Author: PTI
Publication: Rediff.com
Date: November 13, 2008
URL: http://www.rediff.com/news/2008/nov/13purohit-being-framed-claims-relative.htm
Lt Col Srikant Prasad Purohit, arrested for
his alleged involvement in Malegaon blast, is being tortured in police custody,
his father-in-law alleged today.
In an application filed before the Chief Judicial
Magistrate's court Nashik, the army official's father-in-law Vilas Dalvi alleged
that Purohit's finger was broken during interrogation and he had injury marks
all over his body due to the torture he had to endure.
He has sought that Purohit be exempted from
police custody. Dalvi has also sought that a team of five doctors consisting
of two army doctors, two independent doctors and one government doctor examine
Purohit.
Purohit is among 10 persons arrested for their
alleged involvement in the September 29 Malegaon blast in which six persons
were killed and about 80 injured.
The serving Army officer, who was taken from
Panchmarhi in MP for questioning and then arrested, is in police custody till
November 15.
Scientific tests like polygraph, brain mapping
and narco-analysis have been performed on Purohit.
The application filed is likely to come up
for hearing on November 15 since the judge is presently on leave.
