The State government’s decision to hand over the probe into Tamir Jifri’s death in police custody to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has made the police jittery. The anomalies in the arrest and the subsequent handling of Tamir along with a few others on July 31 appear certain to trouble the District Anti Narcotic Special Action Force (DANSAF) led by District Police Chief Sujith Das S.
The early attempts by the police to trivialise the case and to make it a natural death under the influence of drugs have failed with the post-mortem report suggesting brutal torture in police custody. Although the police had taken Tamir into custody on July 31 afternoon, desperate attempts were being made to make it appear that the arrest took place late at night.
A youth arrested along with Tamir has revealed that they had been beaten up by the police in custody. Tamir, according to him, was particularly targeted and had been taken to police quarters before bringing to the police station at Tanur.
