Overview

• A CBI team led by Superintendent of Police Subhash Chander Kundu has begun its formal investigation in Srinagar following an FIR registered on July 26 against six J&K Police officials
• The Supreme Court has ordered a forensic audit of the Kupwara interrogation centre, directed arrests within one month, and set a 90-day deadline to complete the investigation
• Investigators will review CCTV footage, assess detention and interrogation protocols, and interview all personnel present during the alleged six-day torture of Constable Khursheed Ahmad Chohan
• The FIR under IPC sections 120-B, 307, 323, 325, 326 and 343 names DSP Aijaz Ahmad Naiko and five other officers for criminal conspiracy, attempt to murder and wrongful confinement
• The apex court previously dismissed the UT’s suicide theory, upheld SKIMS Hospital medical findings of sustained torture, and awarded Chohan ₹50 lakh in compensation recoverable from the accused