custodial death
- Kolkata
Mamata attacked during visit to deceased TMC worker’s house
Kolkata: Former West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee faced a hostile reception at Halisahar in North 24 Parganas district on Sunday, August 9, when protesters surrounded her vehicle, shouted ‘chor’ (thief) and…
- Telangana
No money for rent: Mohammed Khadeer’s ailing widow seeks help
Hyderabad: The family of Mohammed Khadeer, who died on February 18, 2023, due to alleged custodial torture by the Medak Police, has been under severe financial stress, his widow Siddeshwari alias Farzana…
- Telangana
Telangana HC orders jail CCTV footage over woman’s custodial death
Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court on Monday, July 20, directed the state government to produce closed circuit television (CCTV) footage from a women’s prison in Narsampet in Warangal in connection with the alleged…
- Hyderabad
Mob beats to death Hyderabad man accused of molesting a minor
Hyderabad: A 50-year-old man accused of molesting a nine-year-old girl was beaten to death by a crowd in the city’s Jiyaguda locality on Thursday, July 16, a killing that his family says was…
- Andhra Pradesh
Independent probe sought for custodial death of Dalit woman in AP
Andhra Pradesh: Human Rights Forum (HRF) and the Indian Federation of Trade Unions (IFTU) have demanded an independent enquiry over the alleged custodial death of a 40-year-old Dalit woman in Andhra Pradesh’s…
- Andhra Pradesh
Get garland ready for photo: Andhra cop facing custodial death row
Vijayawada: “Why did you come? I will kill your son, get a garland ready for his photo,” were the alleged threats made to a woman by an Andhra Pradesh police inspector in…
- India
The woman cop whose testimony helped convict 9 officers in Sathankulam case
Madurai: Nine police officers on Monday, April 6, were sentenced to death for the sensational 2020 Sathankulam custodial killings of trader P Jayaraj and his son J Bennicks. The landmark judgement was…
- Chennai
Sathankulam custodial deaths: Nine police officers sentenced to death
Madurai: In a landmark judgment, a court on Monday, April 6, handed the death penalty to nine police personnel in the sensational 2020 Sathankulam custodial death case. Father-son duo P Jayaraj and…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Man alleges custodial torture, Police Commissioner seeks report
Hyderabad: Tension gripped Hyderabad’s Falaknuma on Friday, March 27, after a young man was allegedly tortured in police custody. Hyderabad Police Commissioner VC Sajjanar asked the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Rajendranagar,…
- Hate Crime
TN: Dalit youth dies in judicial custody, family claims police brutality
Madurai: High tension prevailed at the Madurai Government Rajaji Hospital in Tamil Nadu on Sunday, March 8, after a 26-year-old Dalit youth, arrested in connection with an assault case, died in judicial…
- Telangana
Re-postmortem conducted on Dalit youth in Kodad lockup death case
Hyderabad: A fresh postmortem examination was conducted on Friday, February 27, on the body of Dalit youth Karla Rajesh, who died in alleged police custody in Kodad of Suryapet district, Telangana, following…
- Delhi
Unnao cusodial death case: Delhi HC asks Jaideep Sengar to surrender
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Friday asked Jaideep Sengar, brother of Unnao rape case convict Kuldeep Sengar, to surrender before jail authorities in connection with his conviction in the custodial…
- Bangalore
Bengaluru Dalit man death: Four policemen suspended
Bengaluru: Four policemen have been suspended in connection with the death of a 22-year-old Dalit man at a rehabilitation centre in Bengaluru, days after he was allegedly tortured in police custody, an…
- India
Global Torture Index tags India ‘high risk’ over police brutality, human rights crisis
A recent report by a global alliance of anti-torture organisations has classified India as a “high risk” country in the Global Torture Index, citing frequent incidents of severe beatings, forced confessions, and…
- Hate Crime
J-K: Man dies by suicide after police custodial torture, probe launched
Authorities in Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir, have launched independent probes into the death of a tribal man identified as Makhan Din amid allegations of custodial abuse and suicide. District Magistrate Rakesh Minhas…
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