Chandigarh, March 16
The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Tuesday directed Faridabad’s District and Sessions Judge to hold an inquiry into allegations of illegal detention and custodial torture of labour activist Shiv Kumar by Sonepat police.
The directions from the court of Justice Avneesh Jhingan came on a plea filed by Shiv Kumar’s father.
In his plea, Shiv Kumar’s father sought issuance of direction to transfer the investigations in three different FIRs registered under various sections of the Indian Penal Code against Shiv Kumar to an independent agency.
The petitioner also pleaded for an independent inquiry into the alleged illegal detention and torture of Shiv Kumar.
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