Delay in Ambasamudram custodial torture

TIRUNELVELI: Two years have passed since former Ambasamudram ASP Balveer Singh IPS was booked by the CB-CID in four cases of alleged custodial torture of suspects, but the trial is yet to commence as Singh and his team have skipped court proceedings regularly.

Sources said Singh did not appear in the Judicial Magistrate Court No I for several hearings, for framing of charges, including on Friday, the 19th hearing. The court has posted the matter for hearing on June 6. The first hearing was on December 13, 2023. So far, Singh has been absent for 10 hearings. His team has also not been attending hearings regularly, sources said.