Torture
- Telangana
Telangana: 4 held for torturing Dalit man, teen for ‘stealing’ goat
Hyderabad: Four people were arrested for torturing a 30-year-old Dalit man and a 19-year-old boy who according to them stole a goat at Yapal village near Mandamarri town of Mancherial district. The…
- Andhra Pradesh
AP: Student injured as lover pour boiling oil on her in Eluru
Amaravati: A student of the Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU) in Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh, was critically injured after her boyfriend allegedly poured boiling oil on the girl’s hands and legs after confining…
- India
UP horror: Minor tortured, wood pieces found in her private parts
Prayagraj: An 11-year-old girl has been admitted to the city’s cantonment board hospital with brutal injuries The doctors not only found torture marks on her body but also pieces of wood from…
- 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…
- Middle East
British man found hanging in Qatar allegedly tortured by secret police
Doha: A 52-year-old British businessman who was found hanging in a hotel in Doha, in 2019, was reportedly tortured by Qatar’s ‘secret police’, the British newspaper, The Times reported. Marc Bennett, died…
- India
Muslim men accuse MP jail official of forcing them to shave beard; probe launched
Rajgarh: Five Muslim men arrested for an offence have alleged that a Rajgarh district jail officer forced them to shave their beards, following which a senior Madhya Pradesh prison official on Wednesday…
- Middle East
Dubai: 15-year jail term for man who tortured maid to death
Abu Dhabi: A 54-year-old Dubai-based expat man found guilty of torturing his maid to death, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison, local media reported. The Dubai Court of Appeal sentenced…
- India
UP woman given triple talaq because of obesity
Meerut: A 28-year-old woman was given triple talaq simply because she had become obese after marriage. In her complaint to the police, Nazma Begum, 28, a resident of Meerut, said she had…
- India
Jharkhand: BJP leader suspended for allegedly torturing house help
Jharkhand BJP leader, Seema Patra was suspended from the party on Tuesday following allegations of torturing her house help. This comes after a video of the house help identified as, Sunita, accusing…
- India
Tamil Nadu: Two teachers detained for student’s death
Kallakurichi: Two teachers of a school near here were detained on Monday in connection with the death of a girl student, police said. Irate protestors damaging buses parked at the private residential school…
- India
Tortured by husband, woman hangs self
Kota: Fed up of being harassed for dowry and cheated on by her husband, a 25-year-old woman allegedly hanged herself at her in-laws’ house here, police said on Friday. SHO at Railway…
- Bangalore
Karnataka Vaastu expert murder: Could not tolerate his torture, claim accused during probe
Bengaluru: The two men, accused of killing Sarala Vaastu fame Chandrashekar Guruji in Karnataka, have revealed during the investigation that they committed the crime because they were ‘tortured’ by him and his…
- Afghanistan
Watchdog says Afghan Taliban detaining, torturing civilians
Islamabad: Taliban security forces in northern Afghanistan have unlawfully detained and tortured residents accused of association with an opposition armed group, New York-based Human Rights Watch said in a statement on Friday.…
- India
Rajastan schools subject students to harassment for not paying fees
Jaipur: The divide that emerged between students and schools during the pandemic over the issue of non-payment of fees by the students continues to widen in the desert state, with schools penalising…
- Telangana
Cop transferred for alleged torture of tribal youth
Hyderabad: A police officer in Telangana’s Suryapet district was transferred on Friday after he allegedly tortured a tribal in custody. Suryapet district superintendent of police S. Rajendra Pasad sent sub-inspector M. Lingaiah…
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