In yet another twist to the bizarre case over the missing of Noushad, his wife Afsana on Sunday accused the police of intimidating and torturing her under custody to extract a confession on murdering the man.
After being released on a bail from the women’s prison in Thiruvanathapuram, Afsana told the media that she had been forced to confess about the killing of Noushad under duress. The woman had been lodged in the prison under judicial custody based on the confession and was granted bail upon tracing Noushad alive.
“I was subjected to brutal torture by the police including women officers. When they asked what exactly had happened to Noushad, I replied that I had no idea. I confessed to the murder after they said I would not see my children again and that my father too would be arraigned as an accused. I did not know that the police had booked a murder case against me,’’ she said.
