chandigarhUpdated: Nov 20, 2020, 00:42 ISTThe special court of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Chandigarh, on Thursday, disposed of the application moved by suspended inspector general of police (IGP) Zahur Haider Zaidi seeking physical hearing of the Kotkhai custodial death case. The CBI court then disposed of the petition citing the Punjab and Haryana high court and district court order citing that consent of all parties was a must for a physical hearing. The girl was reported missing on July 4, 2017, and the six men were arrested 10 days later. Suraj Singh, one of the suspects, was found dead in custody of the Kotkhai police station on the intervening night of July 18 and 19, 2017. The trial in the custodial death case had started in the special CBI court on June 6 against nine police officials, including IGP Zaidi, who was head of the special investigation team probing the minor girl’s rape and murder.

Source: Hindustan Times November 19, 2020 19:12 UTC