Police badly beat the five suspects arrested over the gang rape and killing of a young woman on a bus in India, the lawyer for three of the men claims.
Manohar Lal Sharma also accused authorities of tampering with evidence. "They are innocent," Mr Sharma said of his clients ahead of a court hearing.
He also claimed police beat the men and placed other prisoners in the suspects' cells to threaten them with knives.
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