SuspendedGujarat police officer N K Amin, arrested by CBI in the alleged fake encounterof Mumbai girl Ishrat Jahan and three others near here in 2004, today told acourt that he was tortured by the investigation agency.
Amin, a suspended Deputy Superintendent of Police, was arrested yesterday.
"I was severely beaten up and also verbally abused by the CBI officers incustody," Amin accused when he was produced before a Special CBI Judge.
Amin, granted bail on medical grounds by the Bombay High Court last month inthe Sohrabuddin Sheikh encounter case, was apprehended from the city's CivilHospital, where he had been admitted.
The CBI produced him before the Special Court and sought remand for 14 days.
However, following Amin's complaint, Judge S H Khutwad, while reserving orderon the remand application, asked CBI to take the accused for a medicalcheck-up.
A decision on the remand plea will be given tomorrow.
On June 15, 2004, Ishrat, along with Javed Shaikh alias Pranesh Pillai,Amjadali Akbarali Rana and Zeeshan Johar, was killed in an encounter byAhmedabad Crime Branch.
Police had then claimed that all four were terrorists who entered the city tokill Chief Minister Narendra Modi.
At the time of the encounter, Amin was serving in the Crime Branch. As perGujarat police's version, he was part of the team which cordoned off the areanear the encounter spot and also took part in the gunfight.
In its remand plea, CBI has said as per information collected during the investigation,no cordon was laid prior to the encounter. "The incident did not happen inthe way it was mentioned in the complaint registered earlier."
CBI, seeking Amin's custody, submitted "the details of widespreadconspiracy to kill the deceased persons and the role played by each conspiratorare yet not fully known. The accused person (Amin) knows these details and hehas to be interrogated to gather necessary facts."