Friday, March 29, 2024

Custodial Torture

11 police personnel suspended after trader dies in police custody in UP’s Kanpur Dehat 

Express News Service LUCKNOW: In a case of custodial death, a young businessman picked up for interrogation by the police in a robbery case died in...

Ankit Gujjar death: Two deputy superintendents among nine officials from Tihar jail to face action

By PTI NEW DELHI: The Delhi Prisons Department on Tuesday said departmental action will be taken against two deputy superintendents and seven other officials...

Custodial torture still prevails, nationwide sensitisation of police officers needed: CJI

CJI also said that for becoming a society governed by the rule of law, it was necessary to ldquo;bridge the gap of accessibility to justice between the highly privileged and the most vulnerable rdquo;.

Rajasthan youth dies in custody, five Madhya Pradesh cops suspended

By Express News Service BHOPAL: Five personnel of the Narcotics Wing of Madhya Pradesh police in Mandsaur district have been suspended after a 21-year-old...

Out on bail, labour rights activist claims torture in Haryana prison

Express News Service CHANDIGARH:  Dalit labour activist Shiv Kumar, arrested in January during the farmer protest, visited the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research...

Death of youth in police custody triggers protest in Uttar Pradesh’s Jaunpur

By PTI JAUNPUR: The death of a man allegedly in police custody in the Buxa area here triggered protests by locals who blocked a...

Custodial torture leading to death of person not acceptable in civilised society: Supreme Court

By PTI NEW DELHI: Custodial violence which lead to the death of a person is "abhorrent" and “not acceptable in the civilized society”, the...

UP cops most cruel in India? State police tops in atrocities in 2020-21

Express News Service NEW DELHI:  Over 11,000 complaints of human rights violations have been registered against police officials in the financial year 2020-2021, with 5,388 such...

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