Details on the home minister's press briefing today. We told you earlier, what he said on Telangana (see our 13:05 pm update), and now here's what he said on the Kim Davy case.

Terming as "disappointing" a Denmark court's refusal to allow the extradition of Purulia arms drop case mastermind Kim Davy, P Chidambaram strongly rejected the argument that prisoners are subjected to torture here.

"The Kim Davy verdict is very disappointing. We reject the argument that prisoners are subjected to torture or that human rights of the accused will be violated," Chidambaram said today.

He was replying to a question on the refusal of a Danish High Court to allow the extradition of Davy to India to face trial, saying he ran the risk of "torture or other inhumane treatment" in India.

Chidambaram said he has written a letter to External Affairs Minister S M Krishna, making all these points and requesting him to ask the Government of Denmark that they should immediately file an appeal in a higher court there.