Tortured, abused in custody: 2008 Malegaon blast accused
2008 Malegaon blast case accused Lieutenant Colonel Shrikant Prasad Purohit has alleged he was tortured in the custody of the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad. In a 24-page letter to the National Human Rights Commission, which came to light recently, he named six officers for the torture and claimed he was beaten and threatened to confess to a crime he never committed.