A CBI Court in Chandigarh has convicted Inspector General of Police (IG) Zahur Haider Zaidi and eight other police personnel for the custodial murder of Suraj, one of the accused in the 2017 Kotkhai rape and murder case in Himachal Pradesh’s Shimla district.
The trial was conducted in the CBI court in Chandigarh following the Supreme Court’s order. The quantum of punishment in this case will be announced on January 27.
After being convicted, IG Zahur Haider Zaidi and the eight police personnel have been taken into custody.
However, due to a lack of witness statements and evidence, the then SP DW Negi, who was also named in the case, has been acquitted. The accused Suraj was murdered in the Kotkhai police station lockup 14 days after the Gudia murder case.