<p>CPI(M) leader Brinda Karat today sought President Pratibha Patil's intervention to ensure justice to alleged Naxal sympathiser Soni Sori, saying she was torutured in custody.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Karat, who led a delegation to the President, also asked her to look into the issue of a gallantry medal awarded to the then Dantewada Superintendent of Police Ankit Garg who is alleged to have tortured Sori.<br /><br />"The President gave us a patient hearing and assured us that she will write to the relevant authorities at the Centre and Chhattisgarh state government," the CPI (M) Politburo member told PTI after meeting Patil.<br /><br />She alleged that Sori had undergone "custodial torture" and asked the President to have it probed even though it has been prima facie proved during medical tests.<br /><br />Karat said that an enquiry should be conducted against Garg and how he got the gallantry medal.<br /><br />A suspected Maoist conduit, Sori has been accused by the police of receiving "protection money" from the Essar group.<br /><br />She was arrested on October 4 last year in South Delhi by a Chhattisgarh police team and was taken to Dantewada for interrogation.<br /><br />Essar has denied giving funds to Maoists.</p>
<p>CPI(M) leader Brinda Karat today sought President Pratibha Patil's intervention to ensure justice to alleged Naxal sympathiser Soni Sori, saying she was torutured in custody.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Karat, who led a delegation to the President, also asked her to look into the issue of a gallantry medal awarded to the then Dantewada Superintendent of Police Ankit Garg who is alleged to have tortured Sori.<br /><br />"The President gave us a patient hearing and assured us that she will write to the relevant authorities at the Centre and Chhattisgarh state government," the CPI (M) Politburo member told PTI after meeting Patil.<br /><br />She alleged that Sori had undergone "custodial torture" and asked the President to have it probed even though it has been prima facie proved during medical tests.<br /><br />Karat said that an enquiry should be conducted against Garg and how he got the gallantry medal.<br /><br />A suspected Maoist conduit, Sori has been accused by the police of receiving "protection money" from the Essar group.<br /><br />She was arrested on October 4 last year in South Delhi by a Chhattisgarh police team and was taken to Dantewada for interrogation.<br /><br />Essar has denied giving funds to Maoists.</p>