Torture
- 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…
