Allegations about custodial torture of students concocted, Delhi Police to HC

NEW DELHI: (Mar 28) The city police on Friday informed the Delhi High Court that allegations about custodial torture and illegal detention of some students arrested earlier this month were concocted and motivated to derail an ongoing investigation into their Maoist-linked activities.

The submissions were made before the bench of Justices Navin Chawla and Ravinder Dudeja hearing a writ petition filed by the younger sister of Lakshita Rajoura, who had alleged that she and other students were abducted and taken to an unmarked building in New Friends Colony.

"The present writ petition and the affidavit filed by the alleged Lakshita Rajoura alias Badal are false, concocted, and motivated as stated above. The allegations have been made with mala fide intent to obstruct and derail an ongoing lawful investigation concerning serious offences and also to defame the individual officer," the affidavit read.