According to the senior police officials, the CCTV cameras installed at police station-31 were not working, when Nirmal Singh was brought to the police station on Wednesday night. Even UT IG SK Jain, when asked, replied, “I have got it checked. The CCTV cameras were not functional since January 1. The SHO, who is responsible for getting the CCTVs’ error rectified, was not alert and efficient enough to have taken care of the technical snag.”

Sources, however, disclosed that the CCTVs were deliberately tampered with, after Nirmal Singh succumbed to alleged police torture on Thursday evening at GMCH-32. The CCTVs, according to sources, could have captured Nirmal Singh being brought to the police station and then being taken out of the police station, after he could not bear the merciless torture by the police officials in lock-up.

Sources added that the CCTV cameras were deliberately tampered with and the footage captured by the cameras was deleted from the control unit. UT Police chief IGP SK Jain said, “A judicial inquiry is on and the truth will prevail. Anybody found guilty of any nefarious act shall have to pay for it.”