Bruises, wounds point to torture of 3 men killed while in Assam police custody, families tell court citing post-mortem reports | India News

Pointing to the post-mortem reports of three men – who were branded militants and killed while in Assam police custody last month – their families have told the Gauhati High Court that they were tortured before being shot dead. The men – Joshua from Senvon village in Manipur’s Pherzawl district, and Lallungawi Hmar and Lalbikung Hmar, both residents of K Bethel village in Assam’s Cachar district – were killed on July 17. The police had claimed the three were Hmar militants whom they had apprehended the previous day. Police claimed…