Teen torture case against cops dismissed

Mohanram Dolai

The charges against three policemen accused in the high-profile case of torturing a teen by setting his genitals alight collapsed spectacularly at the Vreed-en-Hoop Magistrate’s court today after witnesses – including the complainant – failed to turn up again.

No evidence was ever taken because the witnesses did not turn up and the dismissal of the matter in the court comes even