Police ordered to feed detained suspects

HIGH Court judge Justice Never Katiyo has ordered the police to feed arrested accused individuals while in their custody and declared as unconstitutional the practice of withholding food from them.

“Police are, therefore, instructed to provide food to detained suspects as denying food is a violation of the Constitution,” Justice Katiyo said in his ruling.

The judge further contended that depriving arrested individuals of food amounts to inhumane detention, which is in violation of section 50(5)(d) of the Constitution.

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