Claiming that there were threat perceptions and apprehending that the arrested mafia Dhalsamant brothers would escape from custody, the Commissionerate Police on Saturday took them in handcuffs to a location in the city as part of the investigation.
The brothers Sushant and Sushil were fettered separately and paraded in public while being taken to their office in the residential locality at Sector 9 in Abhinav Bidanasi under the Markat Nagar police station. Handcuffing happened just a day before the end of their 24-day police remand in four phases.
“Adequate escort and security arrangements were made, but the accused were handcuffed because there were threat perceptions,” informed Cuttack DCP Sanjeev Arora, adding that the investigating officer on Sunday would explain in the SDJM Court about the reasons for taking the extreme measure.
Arora said certain evidences pertaining to the business links of the accused persons were collected during their custodial interrogations and they were taken to their office for verification of the same. A business associate of the brothers was arrested on Friday by the police.
Disposing of the petition of the Government earlier this week, the High Court had refused to pass any general direction on handcuffing. But asking the IO to make arrangements for better escort and security while taking the accused persons to different places for the purpose of investigation, the High Court had left it open to the IO to handcuff the brothers if the situation so demands.