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At 92 and 82, they live to see their grandson’s killers brought to justice
Updated On: 24 September, 2022 07:43 AM IST | Mumbai | Vinod Kumar Menon
As special court asks Wadala cops to be present for framing of murder charges in custodial death case, family seeks fast-tracking of trial
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Grace and Xavier Valdaris, the grandparents of Agnelo Valdaris, at their Dharavi home from where the 24-year-old was picked up in 2014
My son might have cried helplessly and pleaded his innocence, but policemen humiliated him, forced him to do sexual acts and tortured him to death. How can I spare them? Even if I do, the almighty won’t,” Leonard Valdaris, father of Agnelo Valdaris, who died in police custody in 2014, told mid-day on Friday. A special court recently asked all accused to be present on October 21 for the framing of charges in the case, which will be happening for the first time in eight years.
The court, in its fourteen-page order dated September 17, stated, “All the respondents CBI (the investigating agency) and accused no 1 to 8 (policemen) be present for the next date of hearing for framing charges u/s 302, 295 (A) of the IPC in addition to the charges levelled against them in the charge sheet.”
“Agnelo’s grandparents, Xavier, 92, and Grace, 82, are alive today only to see the accused policemen punished for the harshest crime that they have committed,” Leonard said.
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