New Delhi:
A lawyer for three of the defendants accused of murdering and gang-raping a student in New Delhi alleged on Thursday that police used force to extract confessions.
"All the accused have been badly beaten by the police and they have used the third degree to extract the statement that suits the evidence they have collected," ML Sharma told AFP outside the court where five of the accused were due to appear before a magistrate.
"My clients have been forced to confess to crimes that they did not commit."
Asked about the allegations, a police spokesman said: "No comment."