Mumbai: In a rare conviction for custodial torture, a special CBI court in Mumbai on Tuesday sentenced two police officials to seven years’ imprisonment for assaulting detainee Altaf Shaikh, who later died in custody on September 11, 2009. The court also imposed a fine of ₹62,000 on each of the convicted officers, directing that ₹1 lakh be paid to Shaikh’s mother, Mehrunissa Kadir Shaikh.

Convicted officers and case background

The convicted policemen, Sub-Inspector Sanjay Khedekar (55) and Head Constable Raghunath Kolekar (62), were found guilty under Section 330 of the Indian Penal Code for voluntarily causing hurt to extort a confession. A third accused, Police Naik Sayaji Thombare, died in 2023 during the pendency of the trial.

The officers were not arrested during the investigation

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