Dubai, June 01: Thirteen Dubai Police personnel have denied using torture and extensive beatings during an interrogation which allegedly led to a Pakistani man’s death and injured two others.
The suspects, including a lieutenant colonel, six lieutenants and six officers, appeared at the Dubai Court of First Instance.
Presiding Judge Al Saeed Mohammad Barghout read various charges including abuse of power, unlawful detention of the deceased, BK, and his two compatriots, torture, extensive use of force during interrogation, forgery and giving a false statement during official questioning by a public prosecutor.
The suspects, including eight Emiratis, two Pakistanis and two Omanis, who are all on bail, could be heard repeatedly saying: “No,” denying their charges in courtroom four.
Dubai Police’s forensic report confirmed that BK died due to extensive beating which caused acute bleeding in his brain.
BK’s injured compatriots were identified as 38-year-old SH and 33-year-old MS.
Extensive force
Prosecutors charged three officers with torturing and using extensive force which led to BK’s death. A lieutenant and an officer were charged with beating and torturing MS to force him to confess and extract information concerning the case of a kidnap which led to death.
Two officers and a lieutenant were accused of torturing SH and forcing him to confess and give information on other suspects.
One lieutenant was charged with forging a report dealing with the dates MS and SH were detained.
-Agencies