Shimla: The CBI today arrested eight Himachal Pradesh Police officials, including an Inspector General, in connection with the custodial death of an accused in the Kotkhai rape and murder case.
A local court later remanded them in policy custody till September 4. Suraj (29), a Nepalese labourer and one of the six accused, was allegedly killed in lock-up at the Kotkhai police station on the intervening night of July 18 and 19. The police had claimed that another accused, Raju, hit Suraj on his private parts and banged his head against the wall, which proved fatal.