police torture
- India
UP teenager blinded in one eye after police brutality over mosque announcement
A 13-year-old Muslim boy in Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh, lost vision in his left eye due to alleged police brutality while in detention after his announcement at a local mosque “hurt local sentiments”.…
- India
Malegaon blasts: Pragya Thakur calls acquittal a ‘Victory of Sanatan Dharma’
Mumbai: In her first public statement following acquittal in the 2008 Malegaon blast case, former BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur delivered a scathing indictment of the investigative process, alleging custodial torture, coercion,…
- Delhi
2020 Delhi riots: Court orders FIR against SHO, labels torture as hate crime
In a significant development, a Delhi court on Friday, January 31 ordered to file an FIR against a station house officer (SHO) of Jyoti Nagar police station in connection with the 2020…
- India
Karnataka: Man alleges illegal detention, torture by Bengaluru cops
Bengaluru: A complaint has been lodged against the Karnataka Police for the alleged illegal detention and torture of a man. Venkat, a resident of Konanakunte locality in Bengaluru, has filed the complaint…
- 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…
- Telangana
Medak custodial death: Muslim leaders demand inquiry by HC
Muslim delegations submitted memoranda demanding a free and fair inquiry by a sitting High Court judge into the Medak Police torture victim Mohammed Khadeer Khan’s death. The memorandums were presented to the…
- India
Chennai man dies of seizures while in police custody, family refuses to believe
A 25-year-old man in Chennai, who was taken into police custody for possessing ganja on April 18 died the next day allegedly from seizures, a police official said. The deceased – V…
