custodial death
- Middle East
Iran: Reporter who covered Mahsa Amini’s death denies charges
Tehran: An Iranian female reporter who had covered the custodial death case of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, has denied all charges against her. Mahsa Amini, a Kurdish-Iranian woman, was stopped and detained by Iran’s moral…
- India
Unnao custodial death: Two-week interim bail granted to investigating officer
New Delhi: The Delhi High court on Thursday granted two weeks’ interim bail to Kamta Prasad Singh, an investigation officer (IO) in the Unnao rape victim’s father’s custodial death case. A bench…
- Top Stories
Medak custodial torture: HC seeks counter-affidavits from Telangana police
Hyderabad: A division bench of the Telangana High Court on Tuesday asked the state officials to file their counter affidavits in connection to a case on the Medak custodial death. The division…
- Telangana
Telangana: Four cops suspended over custodial death due to torture in Medak
Hyderabad: Four police officers in Telangana’s Medak district were suspended on Sunday over the death of a man in police custody following alleged torture. Circle inspector Madhu, sub-inspector Rajasekhar and constables Prashanth…
- Telangana
Medak custodial death: Are Bahujans lower than dogs? Telangana BSP asks KCR
Hyderabad: Telangana Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief RS Praveen Kumar on Sunday questioned state chief minister K Chandrashekhar Rao on the alleged custodial death of Mohammad Khadeer Khan and asked if Bahujans…
- Telangana
Telangana DGP orders probe into Khadeer’s custodial death case
Hyderabad: Telangana DGP Anjani Kumar on Saturday directed the Inspector General of Police to supervise the probe of the alleged custodial torture-related death of Mhammad Khader who was picked up, by Medak…
- Hyderabad
Telangana: The role of facial recognition system in Khadeer’s custodial death case
By Srinivas Kodali Hyderabad: Thirty-five-year-old Mohammed Khadeer, a resident of Medak, died because of alleged custodial torture at the hands of the Telangana Police. He was picked up by the cops because…
- India
Gujarat leads with 80 cases of custodial deaths in five years
Gujarat has reported the largest number of custodial deaths in the last five years, the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Centre told in the Parliament last week. Gujarat is currently headed by BJP with…
- India
NHRC orders probe in 2014 custodial death case in UP
Lucknow: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has ordered a probe into the alleged custodial death of a 30-year-old man in Etah district in 2014. The NHRC has asked the Crime Branch,…
- Middle East
Iranian cab driver allegedly tortured before death: Report
An Iranian man recently died in police custody in November this year, his family has alleged that he was tortured before the death. The deceased was identified as 23-year-old Hamed Salahshoor. He…
- India
Calcutta HC tells Bengal govt to file report on 4 custodial deaths in a span of 10 days
Kolkata: A division bench of the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday directed the West Bengal government to file a report within two weeks on four custodial deaths at the Baruipur Correctional Home…
- India
MP: Muslim man ‘detained’ by police found dead; family blames cops, RSS
In an incident reported from Madhya Pradesh’s Guna district a Muslim man on November 21 reportedly died in police custody. The deceased was identified as 30-year-old Israel Khan, who attended an event…
- Middle East
Mahsa Amini death: Protests continue in Iran for the 6th day
Tehran: Protests raged across Iran for the sixth day in a row, while death toll rises daily during unrest over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody. Iran Human Rights…
- India
1 serving, 2 retd IAF officers get life term in custodial death case
The special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court in Gujarat has held two retired and one serving Indian Air Force (IAF) officers guilty in a case of custodial case. The court has…
- India
Stalin assures no more custodial deaths in TN
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Tuesday assured in the state Assembly that no custodial deaths will happen in future in the state. Stalin said the accused will not…
