An autopsy report on Border Security Force constable Jaswinder Singh, who died in Narcotics Control Bureau custody last month, has revealed 34 injuries on his body. Of these, 24 wounds were about 2 to 4 days old at the time of death, while nine were inflicted within 24 hours prior. The examination was conducted at Civil Hospital in Amritsar.
Border Security Force constable Jaswinder Singh, 30, on leave from his posting in Tripura, was detained on March 3 in Miran Sahib town of Jammu while heading to his village Diwangarh near the Pakistan border. The NCB's Jammu unit held him on allegations of links to Pakistani drug smugglers. During interrogation, they obtained information about narcotics hidden in Punjab's Tarn Taran district's Patti area, according to the agency.
Singh died on March 20. In a March 23 statement, the NCB said he was taken to Amritsar on March 19 for further probe, developed chest pain, and was admitted to a private hospital where he suffered two cardiac events before dying the next morning.
The autopsy at Amritsar's Civil Hospital detailed blunt force trauma from head to toe, with massive bluish-purple bruises on flanks and gluteal regions, including a 27.5 cm by 17.5 cm mark on the left buttock. The most severe injury was a large blood collection under the scalp on the left side of the head, with brain swelling, pinpoint internal bleeding, a 16.5 cm bruise on the right lung, left kidney contusion, and stomach wall hemorrhage.
Singh's mother and wife allege he was falsely implicated in a case dating to 2024 and tortured in custody. Rights activist Sarbjit Singh Verka stated the 16-page report shows systematic "third-degree" assault, with injuries indicating repeated strikes by rod or cane.
