Topic: Police Custody
“They asked my wife to beat me,” Muslim couple share ordeal of custodial torture; seven cops booked
The Calcutta High Court has directed a Muslim couple to file an FIR against seven police officers, including the Islampur city police station in-charge in West Bengal's Uttar Dinajpur district, for alleged torture resulting in kidney failure for Muhammad Shahjamal (30) and his wife Sabnaj Khatun (24) in police custody.
UP: Muslim youth alleges assault in police custody after requesting officers to remove shoes in mosque
Junaid Babu, a resident of Darvaispur village in Kaushambi district of Uttar Pradesh has alleged that he was brutally beaten in the police custody as he asked them to not enter the mosque wearing shoes.
UP: Police officers face charges after custodial torture leaves Muslim student in critical condition
Mohammad Danish, a 19-year-old polytechnic student from the Delhupur area of Pratapgarh district in Uttar Pradesh, is in critical condition after being beaten by police while in custody.
UP businessman killed in custody, 9 cops suspended
A 30-year-old businessman Balwant Singh who was picked up by the Special Operations Group (SOG) on Monday in a case of robbery in Shivli area, died in police custody in Kanpur Dehat on Tuesday.
Muslim man’s custodial death: SC dismisses Tripura govt’s plea, orders ₹10 lakh compensation for family
Supreme Court has dismissed a special leave petition (SLP) filed by Tripura government against the Tripura HC judgment in connection with a Muslim man’s death in judicial custody.
In 2 years, 4,484 died in police custody, 233 killed in ‘encounters’: Data
A total of 4,484 deaths were reported in police custody while 233 people were killed in “encounters” in the last two years, the Union government told the Lok Sabha on Tuesday.