Kotkhai rape custodial death: Police remand of HP IGP, 7 cops

The district court here today extended by three days the CBI custody of the eight police officials arrested in the custodial death of an accused in a rape case.
The accused were arrested by the probe agency on August 29 for the custodial death of Suraj Singh, a 29-year-old labourer from Nepal, and were remanded to CBI custody till September 4.
They were produced in the court today.
The civil judge (senior division)-cum CJM extended the CBI remand of all the accused police personnel, including Inspector General of Himachal Pradesh Police Zahur Haidar Zaidi by three days.
A Class X student had gone missing on July 4 and her naked body was recovered from Haliala forests in Kotkhai on July 6.

During the probe of the July 4 rape-and-murder case, the state police had taken custody of six suspects who were lodged at the local police station.

Singh was allegedly killed by a co-accused at the Kotkhai police station last month, triggering a massive public outrage
The CBI, which was later handed over the probe into the case by the Himachal Pradesh High Court, questioned several people before arresting 1994-batch IPS officer Zaidi, the then IGP (South), Manoj Joshi, the then Deputy Superintendent of Police, and six other police officials.
The accused were arrested by the CBI on August 29 and later were remanded in police custody till September 4. They were produced in the court day.

The CBI today sought seven day's extension of police remand of the eight police officials.
After hearing the arguments of the prosecution and the defence lawyer the court extended the CBI remand by three days.