Noida protest: SC orders UP Police to produce accused in court amid alleged custodial torture
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The Supreme Court on Friday ordered the Uttar Pradesh Police to produce before it two men arrested in a case related to the workers’ protest in Noida after a family member alleged custodial torture, Bar and Bench reported.
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The men Aditya Anand and Rupesh Roy must be produced before the court at 2 pm on Monday, a bench of Justices BV Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan ordered.
The bench was hearing a plea filed by Anand’s brother. He alleged that Anand had been tortured by the police in custody after he was arrested for allegedly inciting violence during the protests in April, The Indian Express reported.
Colin Gonsalves, the counsel for Anand’s brother, told the court that the man was an engineer working at a factory and ran a library for children. Aditya’s speeches at the protests focussed on workers’ rights and that recordings were available to support this claim, the lawyer was quoted as having contended.
The counsel sought an independent investigation into the matter, Bar and Bench reported. “Now things have got a little bit out of hand,” Gonsalves was quoted as having said.
He also alleged that lawyers representing Anand were being physically obstructed.
The counsel for the Uttar Pradesh government denied the allegations of the men being tortured in custody and said that due process had been followed, the...