Custodial torture
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Cherlapalli jail inmates ‘counselled’, activists demand probe
Hyderabad: Suspense surrounds an incident that happened behind the fortified walls of Cherlapalli Jail on Friday, April 12, as a few inmates were allegedly tortured by jail authorities. The incident took place…
- Telangana
Telangana: Khadeer’s widow, kids detained during CM’s Medak visit
Hyderabad: Farzana, the widow of Mohammed Khadeer, who tragically lost his life due to custodial torture by Medak police, has alleged that she and her children were detained just before the arrival…
- India
Muslim man accuses UP cops of assault on request to remove shoes to enter mosque
A Muslim man from Uttar Pradesh has alleged that he was assaulted at Kokhraj Police Station after he requested an officer to remove his shoes before entering the premise of a mosque. The…
- Telangana
Of torture & trial: Khadeer’s widow Siddeshwari still awaits justice
Medak: For 32-year-old Farzana, this Ramzan has been plunged into an abyss of despair. Her three children, the oldest being 18 years old, have been orphaned yet again. Fate has once again tested her…
- Telangana
Telangana Congress demands Rs 50L ex-gratia for Khadeer’s family
Hyderabad: A day after Mohammed Khadeer died of alleged custodial torture by Medak police, Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee President A Revanth Reddy demanded the government provide exgratia of fifty lakh rupees to…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: AIMIM demands murder case against Medak cops over man’s death
Hyderabad: The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) has demanded that policemen involved in the alleged torture of a youth leading to his death in Telangana’s Medak district be booked for murder. A…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Man tortured by Medak cops succumbs to injuries
Hyderabad: Mohammad Khadeer, a daily wage earner who was allegedly thrashed in the custody by the Medak cops died on Friday while he was being treated at Gandhi Hospital. After news of…
- India
UP police electrocute, insert rod in Muslim man’s rectum
The Uttar Pradesh police, Budaun district, is yet again on the receiving end of backlash after an outpost in charge, four of its constables and “two unidentified” persons have been booked for…
- Telangana
Telangana HC orders probe into Suryapet custodial torture case
Hyderabad: The Telangana high court has ordered a judicial probe into the custodial torture of Veera Sekar that led to damage in his nervous system and subsequent incapacitation. Sekar was tortured while…
