Gory Details of Custodial Torture of Suspected Militant Emerge, As Police, Army Deny Allegations
"I was blindfolded and my hands and feet were tied. They beat me with iron rods after pouring water on my body so that it hurts me more. Many men would keep beating me for minutes together. They hit me on my neck and on my back. One officer jammed a rod in my knee so hard that it's left a permanent injury in my leg," Feroz Ahmed wrote to his brother, lying almost dead on the hospital bed.
Feroz Ahmed Hajam on 6th September was rushed to the District Hospital of Islamabad (Anantnag) with a slit throat. He was brought to the hospital by Policemen and dropped straight outside the operation theater.
The Doctors rushed him to the operation theater from where he was referred to Srinagar for treatment.
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