SRINAGAR:PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday called for a systemic reform of all joint interrogation centres (JICs) in Jammu and Kashmir following reports that a man was subjected to genital mutilation while in custody.

The Supreme Court on Monday directed the CBI to register an FIR over the “brutal and inhuman custodial torture” of a police constable in Jammu and Kashmir and ordered the UT administration to pay him Rs 50 lakh compensation.

“A man was tortured so brutally that his genitals were mutilated is a chilling reminder of custodial abuse in J&K. SC’s order for a CBI probe, arrests & Rs 50L compensation is a long overdue step,” Mufti said in a post on X.