Topic: Police Custody
In 2019, India registered average five custodial deaths daily
1,731 persons died in custody in India during 2019 which makes five deaths daily, according to the annual report published by National Campaign Against Torture (NCAT), a rights group.
In Tamilnadu, 15 police killings but not a single chargesheet, Kanimozhi MP’s letter to NHRC (full text)
Kanimozhi alleged that there have been 15 incidents of custodial deaths in the State but not a single chargesheet has been filed against officials who were responsible for it.
Police brutality is endemic, Madras High Court on custodial death of a father-son duo in Thoothukudi
Hearing a suo motu petition on the custodial death of a father-son duo in Thoothukudi, the Madurai Bench of Madras High Court observed that police brutality has become endemic these days.
Jamia, JNU teachers associations demand release of Jamia student leader Safoora Zargar
Federation of Central Universities Teachers’ Associations (FEDCUTA), Jamia Teachers’ Association (JTA), Jawaharlal Nehru University Teachers’ Association (JNUTA) and more than thirty organizations wrote a joint statement on Tuesday demanding the constitutional rights of the two arrested Jamia Millia Islamia student leaders, Safoora Zargar, and Meeran Haider be respected and be released forthwith.
Activist Khalid Saifi spotted in Delhi Police custody with broken fingers & legs
They say that he was fine when he was taken away by the police but now he has fractures on both legs and he is unable to walk.
Delhi police tortured and killed my brother, kin of deceased Muslim youth say
'Police killed him', say family of Muslim youth who was being beaten and asked to sing national anthem by Delhi police
