Diplomat Correspondent
Jammu: DD, Jammu Lawyers led by Former Advocate General and Senior Advocate Mohammed Aslam Goni alongwith a battery of lawyers demanded immediate registration of FIR in the custodial torture and death of Makhan Din, son of Mureed Ali, resident of Billawer (Kathua) and the entrustment of the investigation to the premier Investigating Agency of the Country i.e. Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), so that the case is investigated fairly, impartially and without any outside pressure.
While briefing the media in the lawns of the High Court Complex Jammu, the Former Advocate General expressed his deep anguish and concern over the dying declaration of 26 year old tribal boy who in a mosque after taking Holy Quran on his head denied his association/links with subversive activities as alleged by the police and blamed the police of third-degree torture and expressed his innocence in a video before ending his life.
Senior Advocate M. A. Goni vehemently urged that the video footage of the deceased was sufficient for the registration of a criminal case against those who inflicted third-degree torture to deceased Makhan Din but as a cover-up exercise, the District Administration of Kathua has ordered a Magisterial Probe to be conducted by the Naib-Tehsildar and besides this a departmental enquiry has been ordered to be conducted by DIG of the range.
The Former Advocate General while castigating and questioning the credibility of in-house enquiries branded the same as an eye-wash and an attempt to shield the culprits so that truth becomes a casualty.
While referring to several judgments of the Supreme Court on Custodial Torture, the Senior Counsel stated that only impartial and independent probe will unmask the larger gamut of the game and termed the Magisterial Probe as a farce.
Senior Advocate M. A. Goni complimented MLA Bani Dr. Rameshwar Thakur for standing with the family of deceased Makhan Din and demanded immediate registration of FIR in the Custodial Torture and subsequent death of Makhan Din.
Others who were present alongwith Senior Advocate M. A. Goni included Advocates Mohd. Anwar Chowdhary, Sheikh Shakeel Ahmed, Ahtsham Hussain Bhat, Arshad Majid Malik, Mohd Zulkarnain Chowdhary, Mumtaz Chowdhary, Mohd. Akram Chowdhary, Mohd. Azam Choudhary, Yasser Iqbal Chowdhary, Vishal Gupta, Pushkin, Tanzeel Illahi, Jameel Ahmed and Mohd. Ausman Chowdhary.DD
