Accused in Soumya Vishwanathan murder case blames cops of corruption

Investigation into the Soumya Vishwanathan muder case took another interesting turn when one of the prime accused alleged that cops in Tihar jail have been torturing him for bribe. The incident which happened on June 25 took the court of Additional Session Judge SK Sarvaria by surprise and issued immediate orders for the medial examination of accused Amit Shukla.


Masked marauders? The accused in the Soumya Vishwanathan and
Jigisha Ghosh murder cases. (Below right) Soumya Vishwanathan.

Interestingly, it is the second time an accused in the sensational murder case of Delhi scribe has alleged police of torture and brutality. Few months back another accused Ravi Kapoor produced a knife in the court room alleging that jail staff was trying to implicate him falsely. Kapoor had claimed that the jail staff after threatening him of dire consequences asked him to carry a knife into the court room.