Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Nov 16: High Court has issued notice to State Vigilance Commission, State Vigilance Organization, Director General of Police, Raj Kumar, the then SDPO Thannamandi (presently posted as DySP CID Kathua), Head Constable Roshan Lal, then posted at Police Station Thannamandi (presently posted in district Samba) and Mir Baz, Sarpanch Panchayat Halqa Planger with the direction to file reply to the allegations leveled in the petition.
The notice was issued in a petition filed by Irfan Khan, son of Jahangir Khan of village Planger, Tehsil Thannamandi through Advocate Aseem Sawhney where serious allegations have been leveled by the petitioner.
The petitioner has prayed for issuance of directions to the SVO to reinvestigate the matter or to transfer the complaint and investigations to the Crime Branch Jammu. The petitioner is the victim of police excesses particularly torture, extortion and extraction of illegal gratification.