In perhaps the first instance of the death penalty being awarded to police personnel in India for custodial death, two Kerala cops were given the highest punishment of the land on Wednesday for the murder of a scrap dealer who was subjected to third-degree torture. The death penalty by a CBI court comes on a day when the killing of 31-year-old Rakbar Khan in Alwar continues to make national headlines over the role played by police.
In perhaps the first instance of the death penalty being awarded to police personnel in India for custodial death, two Kerala cops were given the highest punishment of the land on Wednesday for the murder of a scrap dealer who was subjected to third-degree torture. The death penalty by a CBI court comes on a day when the killing of 31-year-old Rakbar Khan in Alwar continues to make national headlines over the role played by police.